Northeast Gardening: What did you see on your walk?, 1 by amethystsm

amethystsm wrote:
i would have never recognized those birds as ibises!
one of the things i was most obsessed with in Australia were the "sacred" ibis everywhere. it was totally like falling into wonderland to me. Honestly, if you'd have asked me before i went there if they were extinct, i'da given it about a 50/50 chance. Here are these birds that look like they stepped out of a temple in Egypt, or Cleopatra's barge wandering around the harbourfronts and parks in Sydney... Very surreal. But they are considered pests there - like seagulls or pigeons. Here is one demonstrating why in an outdoor mall in Brisbane: