4♥ · Scarlet Ibis · Water · The Swimmers and Waders
Scarlet Ibis
Trinidad and Tobago · National bird (one of two, with the cocrico; on the coat of arms)
End the day together.
The Sunset Gatherer
Power · Body
12
Instinct · Mind
42
Resilience · Spirit
76
The message
Each evening, Scarlet Ibises fly home over Trinidad's Caroni Swamp and settle together in the mangroves, glowing red in the setting sun. End today on purpose. Gather with your people, or gather yourself.
Ask yourself
How do I want to end my day, and who do I want to share it with?
The animal
Scarlet ibises roost in flocks of hundreds or thousands on mangrove islands, returning at sunset to the same trees.
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About the animal
- Scientific name
- Eudocimus ruber
- Country
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Status
- National bird (one of two, with the cocrico; on the coat of arms)
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- True story
- Turns scarlet from the shellfish it eats; thousands roost together in Caroni Swamp.
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