Glossy Ibis
“Scanning the marsh I noted a large flock of Glossy Ibis’ along with Least Sandpipers, Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs.”
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Excellent numbers of Glossy Ibis have been spotted so far in April, including a flock of over 25 birds.
Miscellaneous sightings include three Glossy Ibis, six Great egrets, and three Great Blue Herons along the stretch of Sawyer Road that runs through the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.
Lastly, a single Glossy ibis flew over our house headed north, around sunset on April 14.
Glossy Ibis’ can be seen overhead almost daily now as well.
Lastly, on June 25, sometime before dusk where the Pond Cove wetlands meets Shore Road, two Black-crowned Night Herons and a trio of Glossy Ibis’ flew overhead (probably headed to a nearby island to roost for the night), while at the same moment…
On April 13 I spotted a Glossy Ibis fly over the house.
On the afternoon of May 1 along Wells Road, a flock of twelve Glossy Ibis foraged the flooded fields with their sickle-shaped bills while a mixed flock of Tree Swallows and two Barn Swallows above on the telephone pole wires chirped and gurgled away.
On more than one occasion Glossy Ibis have been observed taking to the wing from the depths Pond Cove’s interior wetlands - flying with neck and feet outstretched towards their nighttime roosting spots on islands across Casco bay.
Additional noteworthy first sightings in April include - Chipping Sparrows starting on April 17 and on the 18 my wife and son spotted at least sixty Glossy Ibis flying over the house, perhaps in route to Stratton Island.
On a separate occasion, three Glossy Ibis took to the wing flying with neck and feet outstretched towards their nighttime roosting spot on an island somewhere in Casco Bay.
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On July 27 along the salt pannes of Sawyer Road I almost overlooked a dark colored heron that appeared from a distance to be a Glossy Ibis.
On April 7 along the Spurwink Marsh I was admiring a large flock of foraging Glossy Ibis when I noticed one of the birds did not have a long, curved bill.
On a separate occasion, from somewhere in the wetlands, three Glossy Ibis took to the wing, flying with neck and feet outstretched towards their nighttime roosting spot on an island somewhere in Casco Bay.
Lastly on the overcast afternoon of April 28 along the Sawyer Road section of the Spurwink River I noted twenty-one Glossy Ibis foraging, seven Greater Yellowlegs wading and two Pectoral Sandpipers probing.
Scanning the marsh I noted a large flock of Glossy Ibis’ along with Least Sandpipers, Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs.
On May 23 along the Sawyer Road section of the Spurwink Marsh I found a single Little Blue Heron amidst Glossy Ibis, three Snowy Egrets and a Great Egret.