White Ibis with Muddy Beak
by Dawn Currie
Title
White Ibis with Muddy Beak
Artist
Dawn Currie
Medium
Photograph - Digital
Description
Photographic art by Dawn Currie. Stunning detail in this close-up portrait of a White Ibis in breeding plumage (Scientific name: Eudocimus albus). Every spring, the color around the face darkens making them even more striking than other times of the year. The dark markings on the beak are streaks of mud from the rich soil this bird has been probing for grubs.
I took this photograph at Gatorland in Orlando, Florida where the wild birds who turn the breeding marsh into a very busy rookery every spring. The alligators protect the nests by keeping predators at bay (snakes, raccoons, and others that like to steel eggs). I highly recommend a visit if you're in Orlando anytime between March and early June.
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April 21st, 2019
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Comments (56)
William Tasker
A lovely portrait, Dawn! I appreciated seeing this fine image and with the naming of the species, it is now featured on the home page of Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group.
Morris Finkelstein
Fabulous close up photograph of a White Ibis, with great pose, colors, light, and perspective, Dawn! F/L
Johanna Hurmerinta
Congratulations. You are featured in ARTISTS NEWS group. Welcome to the group promos, if you have time. Best rgds Johanna
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit.
Don Columbus
Congratulations Dawn, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Don Columbus
Congratulations Dawn, your work is Featured in "Coastal Water Birds-Shore Birds" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!!
Barbra Telfer
Dawn, Remarkable facial details in this White Ibis, love the colors in the eye and that long beak, nice job at blurring out the background LF
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