[Length 25 in. Wingspan 38 in.]

This juvenile White Ibis was photographed at San Bernard NWR, Brazoria, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: January 16, 2009)

[Length 25 in. Wingspan 38 in.]

This juvenile White Ibis was photographed at Alligator Pond, Laguna Atascosa NWR, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=255mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: April 30, 2009)

[Length 52 in. Wingspan 90 in.]

This Jabiru was photographed at Highway 490 flooded fields, Raymondville, Texas. Photo taken with a Canon EOS 10D camera (lens unknown). (Date: August 21, 2008)

[Length 52 in. Wingspan 90 in.]

This Jabiru was photographed at Highway 490 flooded fields, Raymondville, Texas. Photo taken with a Canon EOS 10D camera (lens unknown). (Date: August 21, 2008)

[Length 29.75 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Black-faced Spoonbill was photographed at a large pond at an industrial land reclamation site, Dongtai, Jiangsu, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 15, 2017)

[Length 29.75 in. Wingspan xx in.]

Black-faced Spoonbills breed along the northern coasts of China and the coasts of North and South Korea. In winter they move south along the southern coast of China (particularly Hong Kong) and to the Nansei Shoto (southern islands) of Japan. There are only about 4,000 birds left in the wild, and they are considered an endangered species. The Black-faced Spoonbill is distinguished from its more abundant cousin, the Eurasian Spoonbill, by the fact that the black of the bill extends up onto the face (hence the name "Black-faced") and around the eyes. This one (one of three present at this site in February, 1996) was photographed in a pond at the end of the runway at Naha airport on the island of Okinawa, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 29.75 in. Wingspan xx in.]

These endangered Black-faced Spoonbills were photographed in a pond at the end of the runway at Naha airport on the island of Okinawa, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 29.75 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Black-faced Spoonbill was photographed at a large pond at an industrial land reclamation site, Dongtai, Jiangsu, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 15, 2017)