As you can see, the "wildlife focus" for today is the White Ibis. I took this photo of several White Ibises preening and bathing on the banks of Hilton Head Prep. (I took this photo with my *new* camera!) They like to eat crustaceans, with crayfish and crabs being major items. They also eat insects, snails, frogs, marine worms, snakes, and small fish, such as spawnfish, who in turn eat mosquito larvae. My books say this is good, and that this keeps the mosquito population down, but I don't really understand. The birds eat the fish who eat the mosquitos? Not good! If you have other information to disprove what i've just said, please comment. This post is sort of weak, since I didn't post much info, but if you know something I don't about the White Ibis, please comment!
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