As an avid birder, I have spent a couple of exciting months in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The variety of birds if far different from the birds in Canada.
The White Ibis is one of my favorites, with its long pink beak and legs and those wonderful blue eyes, it stands out. They have white feathers with black tips on their wings.
We spent a delightful afternoon on the beach in Boca de Tomates, a tiny (population 7) village near the mouth of the Ameca river.
There were several White Ibis, but this fellow is the star in my Story. He was fishing and allowed me to approach quite close.




White Ibises are wetland birds. They use freshwater marshes, coastal estuaries, like the Ameca river, mangroves, mudflats, and swamps. They usually forage in shallow areas with less than 8 inches of water looking for insects and crustaceans and perhaps a small fish.
Both male and female help build a nest often in the mangrove trees where they have 2-5 eggs. They are social birds and gather in flocks.
They have often become a symbol for wetland conservation and restoration where ibis habitat is threatened by development and pollution.
Beautiful.
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White is always beautiful!
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An afternoon spent fishing in a sunny beach in Mexico, I am almost jealous of that Ibis 😀
Nice story, and I did not know these birds had blue eyes, beautiful indeed.
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Thanks, the blue goes nicely with the pink.
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It’s beautiful Maggie 😍 I have seen only a black headed ibis and now I must see this beauty one day as well. 😊
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