This goose is the Australian White Ibis. Starting in the 1970s, these birds started taking over the city-dwelling niches usually associated with pigeons and seagulls, so now Australian trash bins have a different bird rummaging through them than anywhere else.

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    3 months ago

    I don't mean to start a struggle session but I'd much rather have an ibis be my local trash bird than pigeons or seagulls. Ibises are cool-looking. Oops. Did I say too much?

    • Owl [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 months ago

      Struggle session? antelope-popcorn

      (But yeah, I like them too.)

    • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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      3 months ago

      look I love grackles in every single aspect and they are the clear queens and kings of texas trash but if I could get a little trash ibis in my day-to-day I would be amped