{"id":1994,"date":"2011-07-13T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/?p=1994"},"modified":"2011-07-11T21:43:19","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T01:43:19","slug":"glossy-ibis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/glossy-ibis\/","title":{"rendered":"Glossy Ibis"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had the opportunity to observe a group of Glossy Ibis that were feeding near the Osprey nest that I visited the last few weekends.<\/p>\n

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Glossy Ibis in Flight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Its interesting that I have never seen a troop of Ibis at the nest prior to this visit. I have visited this particular nesting site for the last 3 years.<\/p>\n

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Glossy Ibis Portrait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was unfortunate that the group moved off into the distance not long after I arrived, but it was fun pulling out my binoculars and watching them interact. I also made some great images of the mother Osprey feeding the chicks which I will share with you all shortly.<\/p>\n

Images made with Nikon D700, 600 f\/4 with 1.4 TCe-II on Lexar digital film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had the opportunity to observe a group of Glossy Ibis that were feeding near the Osprey nest that I visited the last few weekends. Its interesting that I have never seen a troop of Ibis at the nest prior to this visit. I have visited this particular nesting site for the last 3 years. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t