White Ibis were scattered all around Ravenswood Pond, feeding and wandering around in every wet spot. Then as if on a secret signal, they flocked by twos and threes to the tree a Great Blue Heron pair had started a nest.
The GBH lost possession, at least temporarily.
More secret signals…
or a stretch…
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
February 17, 2026
After leaving the Sweetgum Tree ball course a White Ibis moved to a “safer” walk in the water.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
February 14, 2026
(Ted’s OM 100-400mm Lens)
If you’ve ever stepped on one of these Sweetgum Tree balls you can appreciate why the Ibis picks a careful path. Barefoot, they are sharp, and with shoes on they are like stepping on marbles.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
February 14, 2026
(Ted’s OM 100-400mm Lens)
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
December 25, 2025
Another image from just after we arrived at Black Point Drive on a weird fog and light morning. This trio, an adult White Ibis, a Tricolored Heron, and a juvenile White Ibis caught the sun’s glow.
Black Point Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, Florida
February 10, 2025
I took a slew of photos of these White Ibis feeding last Friday. They kept going back and forth through sun lit patches, in and out of the vegetation, and were very entertaining.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
January 17, 2025
The late afternoon sun lit up this swampy area as a flock of White Ibis passed through, feeding as they went.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
January 17, 2025
A flock of six or eight White Ibis have been around Ravenswood Pond for weeks. Most of the time they are rooting around in the islands or thick grass areas. This pair, an adult and a juvenile, decided to land up in one of the open trees. With all the leaves and color now gone from the trees in the background it is a rather stark picture, but that is the winter look.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
December 20, 2024
This was my first time seeing White Ibis chicks. This pair were getting fed, with the adult regurgitating food for them.
As they mature the chicks will lose the stripe on their beak.
And and they gradually turn to all white in their first year except for the tips of their wings, as seen in the adult here.
Cypress Wetlands, Port Royal, SC
August 2, 2024
White Ibis are usually pristine, spending significant time on their preening rituals. This one had some kind of a mud bath.
There were several White Ibis with active nests around the rookery and feeding the chicks may have taken precedence over cleanliness.
Cypress Wetlands, Port Royal, SC
August 2, 2024
