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Old 18-06-2017, 08:59 PM
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with a little bit of heavy rain comes these birds. no idea what they are but this was the "black Sheep" of the family - all the others were white
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Old 18-06-2017, 09:32 PM
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Angry little guys !

Nice shot

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Old 19-06-2017, 07:20 AM
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Two fine examples of bin chickens.
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Old 19-06-2017, 07:28 AM
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David,
The black one is a straw-necked ibis, the others are sacred ibis. My bird book says they live in the same areas, but the birds in your photo seem to say "not too close!".
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Old 19-06-2017, 08:21 AM
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Lol wow how True
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Old 19-06-2017, 08:22 AM
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The black one is a straw-necked ibis, the others are sacred ibis. My bird book says they live in the same areas, but the birds in your photo seem to say "not too close!".
Thanks for that.

They form a line and then scour the field marching forward as one. Awesome army of chickens
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Old 19-06-2017, 05:02 PM
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Nice shot.

Good to hear from Kev11 what type of ibis they are too,

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Aaaahaha! 'Regurgitated bin juice. Yuk'.
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