Scarlet Ibis Wings in North Carolina Zoo

When we visited the North Carolina Zoo on 19th April 2008, we spent quite a lot of time in the Forest Aviary which is a big cage housing a bunch of tropical birds and plants. When we walked in it, the first bird was saw was the Scarlet Ibis. It was so close to us and it stays there for a long time. So, we was able to find a good spot and had our camera ready for some nice shots. Interestingly, that Scarlet Ibis was making many different kinds of movement. It was trying to clean itself up after a bath we believed. That bird did open up its wings a couple of times and we were able to take some nice pictures for it. As you see in this picture, the tips of the wings are black while the rest of the feathers was in scarlet. It was really a nice-looking bird.

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