MOLTING GLOSSY IBIS, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

   This beautiful Glossy Ibis is molting from nonbreeding plumage to breeding plumage.   Much of the body is in breeding plumage; the legs have started to turn brown, but there is still gray on the legs and the bill has not yet turned brown.  The Feb.-March period is generally when this molting occurs.