Young Birds

A couple weeks back I posted about the cow and calf moose that Tammy and I discovered at Bear Lake NWR. But that calf moose was not the only young critter on the loose. There were also plenty of first year birds getting ready for their first winter.

Here are a couple photos of young birds. The first photo is of a first year White-faced Ibis. The second photo is of a mother and first year Western Grebe.

[edit: added link for White-faced Ibis]

White-faced vs. Glossy Ibis

In the first picture there are three Ibis. The two on the right are Glossy Ibis. The one on the left is White-faced Ibis. Compare how far the white skin goes around the eye, the tone (gray vs. pink) of the skin between the eye and the bill, and the color of the legs. In the second picture, there is a White-faced Ibis all by his lonesome. Note the reddish eye.

Good Eats

There must be something pretty tasty in there. The white birds are Snowy Egrets. The dark birds are Glossy Ibis. There may be one White-faced Ibis in there (the right most dark bird), but its face is obscured, so it is hard to say for sure.