


White-faced Ibis nests filled the stands of cattails that grow along the edge of the main pond at the Woodland-Davis Water Treatment facility. I didn’t count but there had to be at least twenty nests distributed through the cattails. And the chicks were begging to be fed. It was fascinating to watch the long-billed chicks and the longer-billed adult coordinating their beaks. The chicks in the nests were at varying stages of development. These chicks were among the older and larger chicks that we watched. The pin feathers are clearly visible under the wing of the chick on the left.