As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Thursday, 23 May 2019

Endangered glossy ibises sighted for the first time in NW China


12:11, 08-May-2019
With shiny wings showing metallic green, bronze and violet colors, the glossy ibis is a nomadic wading bird that travels across the Sahara Desert. It favors marshes near lakes and rivers, where it can find larval insects for food. An amateur photographer, He Yu, captured them in the wetland park on the Hanjiang River.
"I always take pictures along the river, and I captured three black birds here. I asked other people whether those birds are crested ibises, and why they have black feathers. I posted the pictures online, and experts confirmed that it is the first time the glossy ibises were found in Hanzhong," said He.


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