Ibis, the early bird does get the worm/worms

 

Our yard is often fully flocked with flocks of these not so handsome Ibis. T

hey are as common here as doves and pigeons in other parts of the world.  My best photos of these birds, is HERE the year I first saw them in our tree. Until then, I had no idea they sat in trees. at the end of the post the label shows many photos of them.

This past week on our walk, each day, there was one Ibis in the yard of my neighbor Helen. She is one of few that waters her lawn and its on a timer. this one Ibis KNOWS what happens when the sprinkler is on. I paid attention to this fact because it is rare to see just ONE of these birds.

By day three, I slowly walked to see what he/she was doing, running on those bright orange legs, hither and thither, stabbing that beak like lightning. 

I laughed out loud, as I saw first one, then another and another earth worm jump from the wet grass onto the pavement, there to be pounced upon as Ibis breakfast. I sad to Beau, the Ibis Smorgasbord is OPEN and he is not sharing the knowledge. He consumed 3 as we walked past.

I had no idea a worm could jump that high and far... Or that one Ibis would jealously guard his buffet. It is True, the early bird gets the worm/worms and the early worms, ummmm to bad to sad THE END.

Bird Angels?

 

Bing Image creator, by AI and I the MadSnapper

On our ride out to the Natl Park last week, I said to Bob, look to your right, the tall Norfolk Pine, look at the top. It has 2 angels on the top, like a Christmas tree.

Sitting on the very tallest limb was an Ibis and almost leaning on it was a Seagull. I have never seen anything like that before. I stopped and we stared at them. I did not have a zoom lens, so no photo. .

Not a true pine, Norfolk Island pine ( Araucaria heterophylla) is a beautiful evergreen tree named for its native home of Norfolk Island off the coast of Australia.  You are far more likely to see these trees in your living room, or in offices everywhere as potted trees. If you plant, it in sub tropics you get a really tall tree.

We cannot drive or walk a street in our city without seeing these beautiful tall trees.  the one below is in our sunrise view each morning when I walk Beau.

See this cute baby Norfolk pine? If you live in Florida be careful where you plant it outside. 

Joining Nature Friday with Rosy and Sunny at The LLB Life

From My Front Porch

 

Through the living room window I saw a flock of Ibis land and start eating at our front yard buffet....

Ibis are common here and in our yard almost daily, I only have 4 post on them and rarely aim the camera at them. Click HERE for my favorite post on them

 

stepping quietly on the front porch I snapped a few shots of them, then noticed the staghorn and rose moss BEGGING me to take their photo.

As I turned to go in the house the street scene, seen through a bush was begging to. It's the little things in life that matter...

Ibis Island

 On the way home from the library, I spied these Ibis out on a tiny Island in Ware Creek, slammed on the brakes, hung out the window and here we are.

Do you keep your condiments in the fridge in a certain place?

My condiments are:  Mayo, mustard, BBQ sauce, Dressings all in a row, bottom shelf of refrigerator door, in the above order ONLY…. 

Bob will place the mayo where the mustard sits, and when I find it I move it to proper order. Her REPEATEDLY puts the catsup where the dressing goes and vice versa. 

In your freezer, do you keep certain things in the door and others in the right hand corner, with bread in the middle?

Does your jar of Jif sit in the same place all the time?

So if the fridge and cabinets have to have everything where it GOES, why do I not care about inside the drawers? 

My dresser drawers are a pile of confusion, Bob's are neat and folded and stacked. BUT he never puts his glasses case on the base to the computer where it belongs, just lays them where ever, and I PUT them in the RIGHT Place.

I can reach out with my eyes closed and find anything on my bathroom sink, his is a disorderly mess, and each week, I put each thing in its PLACE in his bathroom and it last a couple of hours. 

LAST BUT NOT LEAST

Does any of this have anything to do with anything? What is the purpose of this post? Anyone know? I sure don’t.

Ibis- Vacancy HERE

 Flocks of American White Ibus are a common sight in our neighborhood, they wander in our yards poking those long ugly beaks down in the grass eating whatever it is they eat. I took these from our garage, they are easily spooked, so can't get close.    (no clue why the neighbors painted the door orange a few weeks ago, the house is PINK)
P.S. if your house is pink with an orange front door, just Snap! Me

 The odd thing is, we have been here for 22 years and never have we seen one of them in a tree.

 We were in the back yard playing ball with Jake and heard a loud flutter and 20 of these ugly guys settled in our pine tree and just sat there about 20 feet above my head.

 They were just far enough away, that is was hard to get a good photo, so i put out a sign on the limb that is 10 feet above the ground. Hope they can read....... I really need them to sit there for easier access of my camera lens

UPDATE : 11 AM
thanks to my friend in Ohio, Janice for letting me know Ibis is spelled with and I not a U.... No wonder the IBIS did not come to the IBUS limb

Ibis

For years we watched these birds as they wandered through our front yard, picking at the ground. sometime 3 sometimes a flock of 20. At certain times of the year they can be found in just about any neighborhood.

Until I became addicted to my camera click, I had no idea what they were. my friend Diane, told me they are Ibis.

On one of our photo trips at Emerson Preserve, these birds were sitting in a dead tree and she said, that is an Ibis. I said get real, you said the white bird with the ugly beak was Ibis. Her reply, was this is a juvenile Ibis.

I said, you mean like in delinquent? are they bad? The answer is they are this color when they are young. In my googleing I found they come in several colors. These are the ones we see the most in our part of Florida.

there are Scarlet, Sacred, American, Australian, Black, Strawnecked, Glossy and even a Northern Bald Ibis. None of which I have seen. I would love to see the red one.

these are American White Ibis and very common in Florida. here is a bit of trivia on the White Ibis that I found on wikipedia

The mascot of the University of Miami is an American White Ibis. The ibis was selected as the school mascot because of its legendary bravery during hurricanes. The ibis is the last sign of wildlife to take shelter before a hurricane hits and the first to reappear once the storm has passed. Miami's sports teams are nicknamed "The Hurricanes".[7]