Photo by Cheryl Reynolds
This juvenile White-faced Ibis was found near Natomas, CA with a broken wing and brought to an animal shelter on July 27 before transfer to our San Francisco Bay center. The bird has a fractured radius and ulna; our veterinarian, Dr. Rebecca Duerr, has pinned the injury, and the ibis is currently recovering in a small, quiet enclosure within our warm ICU. Ibises do very well in care, and the prognosis is cautiously optimistic.
You can see this ibis live on our BirdCam.
This may be the first ibis we’ve had at the center since a 2007 incident when a White-faced Ibis colony in a Sacramento Valley rice field was disturbed, leading us to care for 78 live babies and 100 eggs.
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Adult White-faced Ibis, photo by Dan Pancamo via Wikimedia Commons
Update: Gaby, one of our wonderful summer interns, snapped a few photos from the ibis’ surgery. The last photo shows the ibis waking up from anesthesia. This patient was put back in her ICU enclosure directly afterwards. 
