australian ibis

Strangely Jp uploaded an Ibis today, and his one is called Black-headed Ibis. Soooo I checked out all the Ibis images and all the species have a black head. I wonder why the Indian one was singled out for the name LOL This one of course is the Australian Ibis.

Just along from the night heron a much larger Australian Ibis, with a Grey Teal for company.

Some of the paths round the ponds were rather overgrown, so a lot of trying to peer through little gaps in the bushes. Through one I spotted this Australian Ibis sitting on an island bank. It wasn't till later I saw his cormie friend in the shot.

After admiring the Pipit, June and I went and sat in the hide for a bit. As the birds were a bit distant I took a more general picture of a largish group out on a sandbar. Mainly I can pick out Australian Ibis, Great Crested Tern, Silver Gull, White-faced Heron. I also recorded Grey Plover...

We'd now made our way to the other side of Albany and looked in at Seppings Pond, a longish pond and this was a rather overgrown end. On the far bank were loads, and I mean loads of Ibis. Both species, Straw-necked and Australian. This was the first time I'd seen both species together. Can you...

The following morning found June and myself back in the hide before breakfast again. We saw an Ibis in front of one of the houses on our way down, but thought I'd show you one combined in a picture with a White-faced Heron, the first one I'd seen here so far; they seemed to be everywhere in...

A bit easier to see were these two Australian Ibis... they do rather stand out, don't they LOL

Walking along the path, on the 'sea' side of it is a long lagoon and in there I found this Ibis. This was the closest I'd been to one, before that I thought their tails were all black but they seem to be barred. Two shots after this his head was buried in the water LOL

... well it is mostly white of course. We were making our way back down the Austinville valley and came to a pond which I'm told is called.... wait for it..... (cover your ears if you're sensitive);) Pisspot!!! I may upload a picture of it at some point. Anyway... there was an Australian...

Underneath where the Darter and Egret was were a few Ibis; just showing you two of them though.

These Ibis aren't too popular with some people for their habit of collecting our waste, but I think they probably do a good job of clearing up our mess. This guy was around the picnic area of the Hinterland Park and came really rather close to us.

Some people don't like Ibis, as they raid their dustbins etc. However, this guy is doing what he was evolved to do.... forage in wetland areas.

You need to look closely, but there's quite a lot of cormorants roosting in the trees. I think they're mostly Little Pied Cormorants with a Little Black Cormorant near the Ibis on the water. We'd got back to what I called the 'Jacana' Lake, as the lily pads with the Jacana are at the far end. I...

An Ibis sidled along a fallen branch in order to find just the right spot to get a drink!

... and a black and white bird that likes to be in wet mud LOL. How do they keep themselves so clean eh?

Coot, Ibis and Whistling Ducks... pretty cool eh?

Down by the lake, an Ibis was doing his best ballerina pose (at least that's what it reminds me of LOL).

Got quite close to these Ibis, they seem quite unconcerned about people, I suppose because so many walk across to King Island at low tide.

These were just walking around the shops on the gold coast scavenging on anything they could find

Eventually I stopped taking shots of the Aussie White Ibises. None were going to top the preening shots I got the one up in that tree in Centennial Park. But on day 3 of the trip these birds were still pretty exotic to me, and I do like this shot as well.

The light is so brilliant out there, not easy when handling whites as shown here.

The sun from above showing its wing structure.