Ibises are rarely seen in Illinois. I found a couple last month, was surprised, and assumed they had moved on. Today, a day starting out quite cold for November (12 degrees, Yikes!) warmed up to 32 by 3:00 in the afternoon, when I took a tour through the visitor complex at TNC's Emiquon Nature Preserve. As I drove through the turn around, just past the canoe launch, I stopped to watch a small flock of birds flying in. At first I thought they were herons, but they were all turned around and backwards; then I thought of the Black-necked Stilts that nest in the summer, but the bill was too curved, so I realized they were Ibises, probably juveniles, and either Glossy or White-faced. By the time I got my camera out and exited the car, they had landed and began to blend in with the background. Photos are attached.
Jane Ward
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