Wood Ibis Near Long Beach
Journal
Condor
Volume
14
Issue
1 (January-February)
Year
1912
Pages
41
Section
From Field and Study
Online Text
Wood Ibis near Long Beach
On July 2, 1911, I collected a specimen of Mycteria americana at Dominguez Station, near Long Beach, California. The bird was feeding in a mud slough in a very amusing manner. It was standing almost knee deep in the muddy water, and would insert its bill almost up to the eyes and then, standing on one foot, would seem to be stirring up the water with the other foot. The farmers in the vicinity of the place where this specimen was taken said that from one to half a dozen had visited this slough almost every day for a month. Other members of the Cooper Club report having seen Wood Ibises, about the time of the taking of my specimen, among various sloughs along the coast of Los Angeles County.
