You looking at me?

Figure 1 – “You looking at me?” Immature White Ibis, Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida (c) DE Wolf 2024

For me, the greatest fun this winter in Southwest Florida was photographing the birds. A special place was Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island. Our first day there was dank, rainy, and grey. The birds were, more than any other day that TC and I visited Ding Darling, utterly teaming. The photograph of Figure 1 was actually taken right behind the admissions booth. It shows an immature white ibis (Eudocimus albus) , pretty common in this part of Florida. What was striking to me was that he/she seemed to be looking right at me with an expression that seemed is ask, “You looking at me?”