Ibis Inflight
by Deborah Benoit
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Ibis Inflight
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Deborah Benoit
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Photograph - Original Photography By Deborah Benoit
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Ibis inflight in Port Orange, Florida.
Ibises all have long, downcurved bills, and usually feed as a group, probing mud for food items, usually crustaceans. They are monogamous and highly territorial while nesting and feeding. Most nest in trees, often with spoonbills or herons. All extant species are capable of flight, but two extinct genera were flightless, namely the kiwi-like Apteribis in the Hawaiian Islands, and the peculiar Xenicibis in Jamaica. The word ibis comes from Latin ibis from Greek ἶβις ibis from Egyptian hb, hīb.
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January 25th, 2023
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