A Recent Record of Mycteria Americana in the San Joaquin Valley
A Recent Record of Mycteria americana in the San Joaquin Valley
So far as I have been able to learn, the Wood Ibis has been ascribed to the San Joaquin Valley principally upon the statement of Dr. J. G. Cooper (Auk, IV, 1887, p. 90) to the effect that it had formerly occurred in this region. There seemed little reason to doubt that the sAeties still occurred sparingly, and occasional unfamiliar birds seen in flight, but not positively identified, further strengthened this belief.
I am now able to report that only recently I have had the pleasure of examining a mounted specimen of this bird, taken by Mr. Adrey E. Borell at his home four miles west of Fresno, on July 28, 1918. This Ibis, in company with two others, was seen flying over his home and was collected when the trio alighted in a tall eucalyptus tree. The bird was a female and evidently not fully adult, as a number of bluish feathers appear in certain parts of the plumage.
John G. Tyler
Turlock, California, March 8, 1919
