Day 314: White-faced Ibis

The White-faced Ibis is very similar to the Glossy Ibis, which we can see in large numbers on the eastern shore of Maryland. In one large flock of Glossy Ibis (side note: what is plural for Ibis??), there might be one White-faced Ibis mixed in, if you're lucky. The only way to tell the difference is that breeding adult White-faced Ibis have a pink face bordered with white, red eyes, and redder legs.

Most of the time, we see flocks of Glossy Ibis as they fly by in the sky, so it's next to impossible to pick out one that looks different. Jared finally found a White-faced Ibis up close, though, and got the photo below.

Can you tell that the bird in the forefront of the photo below is a White-faced Ibis? Can you just make out the red eye? Pretty hard to tell, huh.