glossy ibis

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Another excellent watercolour - sorry it's been pushed back so far on the gallery by another poster who doesn't read the guidelines.

Thanks Robert Jones ... May be thats why my previous postings didnt got more than 1 or 2 comments..

Lovely work Pratim. The iridescence on the feathers is captured beautifully.

Thanks Marjorie Firth ....

PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 339 (Observe the Bird and recognize)..GLOSSY IBIS...[From a Photograph of SHARAD AGRAWAL] ....WATERCOLOUR...A4...2014... The Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae. This species is a mid-sized ibis. It is 48–66 cm (19–26 in) long, averaging around 59.4 cm (23.4 in) with an 80–105 cm (31–41 in) wingspan. The culmen measures 9.7 to 14.4 cm (3.8 to 5.7 in) in length, each wing measures 24.8–30.6 cm (9.8–12.0 in), the tail is 9–11.2 cm (3.5–4.4 in) and the tarsus measures 6.8–11.3 cm (2.7–4.4 in). The body mass of this ibis can range from 485 to 970 g (1.069 to 2.138 lb). This is the most widespread ibis species, breeding in scattered sites in warm regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean region of the Americas. Glossy Ibis feed in very shallow water and nest in freshwater or brackish wetlands with tall dense stands of emergent vegetation such as reeds, papyrus or rushes) and low trees or bushes. The nests are usually a platform of twigs and vegetation positioned at least 1 m (3.3 ft) above water, sometimes up to 7 m (23 ft) in tall, dense stands of emergent vegetation, low trees or bushes. The diet of the Glossy Ibis is variable according to the season and is very dependent on what is available. Prey includes adult and larval insects such as aquatic beetles, dragonflies, damselflies, grasshoppers, crickets, flies and caddisflies, Annelida including leeches, molluscs (e.g. snails and mussels), crustaceans (e.g. crabs and crayfish) and occasionally fish, amphibians, lizards, small snakes and nestling birds. [INFO : WIKIPEDIA]