Australian White Ibis
Threskiornis moluccus
-27.4759, 152.979
Field Notes
Description:
Bold as brass!
Habitat:
Spotted by the pond at the Mt. Coot-tha Botanical Gardens in Brisbane QLD.
Notes:
I thought a while before adding this spotting simply because there are plenty of Ibis spottings on PN. I liked this fellow because he was bold (Ibis usually are), and I'm sure if I sat there long enough he would have poked at me or jumped on my lap. He was having a good dig around the gardens and edge of the pond. However, my reason for adding this spotting is because I have a number of 'hot spot' areas in and around Brisbane that I am building up a profile for, and as I frequent these areas it gives me an opportunity to observe exactly what species are around over a period of time, under varying conditions, perhaps displaying different behaviour. On that basis, this guy is as valid as any to add because he's my 'hot spot' Ibis for this location, and I don't always see them here.
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