Canberra Birdwatching - Giralang Pond

8.8.26

On the way home from Callum Brae we stopped at Giralang Pond. Apparently straw-necked ibis had been coming there in the evenings to roost. We'd driven past a few times but not seen them.  This day we actually got out of the car, and just as we did three of them flew in, poked around the water for a bit, then went up into the trees to roost.  It was pretty dark but still managed some ok photos of them.

(This is just a regular sacred ibis (aka bin chicken), but it looked kinda cool anyway)
Sacred ibis

Ibises

Straw-necked ibis

Straw-necked ibis

Straw-necked ibis

Straw-necked ibis

Straw-necked ibis

So yeah, super lucky timing!