Scarlet Ibis in North Carolina Zoo

In the North Carolina Zoo, there is a big cage called Forest Aviary housing a lot of tropical birds, frogs, and plants. When we walked into it on 19th April 2008, there was a colorful bird right in front of us. That red bird was so close to us which was unbelievable. In fact, that was Scarlet Ibis from South America. It is the national bird of Trinidad. Their feathers are completely scarlet, except for the black wing-tips. They like to stand on top of the trees. When we were in the Forest Aviary and looked up, there were several of them. Because of their scarlet color feathers, we had no problem to spot them. That made us wonder how they could hide themselves from predators in the wild.