white ibis i photographed in south florida a few months ago

[Gato Moteado]

D850 + nikkor 300mm f/4 PF

[MLAA]

1. Beautiful!

[Gato Moteado]

2. thank you!

[blm]

3. My husband would love to get a shot like that.

[Gato Moteado]

5. he can!

they're easy birds to photograph, really.

[Deuxcents]

4. Ty

Looking out my front window just now, there is a flock of them across my street. They have been all around my neighborhood this summer as we’ve had so much rain. They are so unique n beautiful. Your close up pic shows that as I could never get that close to them

[Gato Moteado]

7. what state are you in?

[Deuxcents]

26. I live in Florida

South Florida

[Gato Moteado]

27. nice....i lived in the miami area for four years...

two years in cutler ridge until hurricane andrew hit.....then i moved up to miramar for a couple years.

[Deuxcents]

28. I grew up in Miami

North Miami..my grandparents came from Jersey in the 1920’s. I live on the west coast now.

[PatrickforB]

6. Excellent photo. I like the way you blurred the background, and did not know

Ibises had blue eyes. What noble birds!

[Gato Moteado]

8. thank you....

yes, i'm always going for creamy backgrounds....not hard to do with a 300mm f/4. this one was shot wide open at f/4 and the background was a fair distance back.

[niyad]

9. Simply gorgeous. Thank you for sharing with us.

[Gato Moteado]

11. thank you!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Wonderful catch, dear Gato! Great bokeh, blue eye and all. ♥

[Gato Moteado]

12. thank you!

[calimary]

13. Beautiful!!!

Look at that beak!

That photo is a spectacular catch!

You could make notecards out of that photo.

[Gato Moteado]

15. thank you!

[calimary]

23. No. Seriously!

I think a photo like this would make a FABULOUS set of “no message inside” cards (where you write your own message - plain greeting, “thinking of you,” sympathy, “get well,” etc. )

You could do a series of ‘em.

[hibbing]

14. Awesome n/t

[Gato Moteado]

16. thank you!

[Cozmo]

17. You are so lucky to be able to see this bird, Thanks so much for the pix!

[Gato Moteado]

18. thank you....

...they're actually quite common in the US. down here in costa rica, we also have them.

[Auggie]

19. Nice framing/design/crop ...

nice colors too IMO.

[Gato Moteado]

21. thank you!

[Ligyron]

20. With all the rain we've been having here in south FL.,massive herds of those creatures abound.

I think they eat grass munching insect pests as well so they are a welcome site in the ubiquitous artificial yards down here. Mine is all native weeds, err.. I mean ground cover but it's a uniform green so it slides by the HOA.

Excellent picture btw!

[Gato Moteado]

22. thank you!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

24. 👏👏👏👏👏

[Skittles]

25. THAT BIRD THINKS HE IS ALL THAT

and.....he is