Wood Ibis In An Everglades Rookery
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The Wood Ibis (Tantalus Loculator) is a member of the Stork family, they feed in shallow pools which they make muddy by "dancing," causing fish, frogs and snakes to rise and become easy prey. A large rookery of Ibis, said to be 50 to 250 yards wide by five miles long, is in the Big Cypress area of the Florida Everglades. |