A glossy ibis drifts off course to a Nova Scotia marsh and draws a crowd
BROOKFIELD, N.S. — Nature photographers are gathering in a marsh in the centre of Nova Scotia this weekend to capture images of the latest species of bird to fly off course and find itself in a foreign — but nourishing — location.
The glossy ibis is a wading bird with a long, sickle-shaped beak that feeds on larval insects, tadpoles, amphibians and other creatures of the wetlands it can snag with its bill.
A sole member of the species, rarely seen in the province, has been spotted in wetlands in Brookfield, N.S., about 80 kilometres north of Halifax.