Our back garden and an unusual view of next door's due to the temporary absence of the dividing fence, destroyed by winter storms and totally removed in the last few days to make way for a replacement.

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White Ibis breeds in large numbers around the coast of southeast United States, both coasts of Canada, the Caribbean and into Colombia and Venezuela. But here it overlaps and hybridises with the closely related but markedly different Scarlet Ibis. I don't have a photo of Scarlet Ibis but here's one from my friend Paul Ellis: www.flickr.com/photos/the_treerunner/47180710462/in/photo... Their offspring are pink, but most pairs breed true even where their ranges overlap. Some authors treat them as colour morphs of the same species. Its scientific name Eudocimus albus oddly translates as "beyond excellent, white" (Scarlet Ibis E. ruber is beyond excellent, red). Although I see them commonly in the mangroves of Baja I don't often get a view close enough to see the blue eye and the leg scaling. The favourite food is crayfish, but they also eat fish and insects.

Tags:   Eudocimus albus American White Ibis Baja Mexico Tim Melling

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