It's already crowded

and yet this sacred ibis intended to land on the heronry.

I spoke to a gentleman who was sitting in a hide with a huge lens. He mentioned that he had been coming for 12 years and the birds were getting scarce. The reason is that the place was so run down. The water was covered with so much muck that the little fish the birds needed did not get enough oxygen.

I checked their FB page yesterday and read that after years of complaints by regulars, they have finally started clearing it up.

As soon as it gets cooler, I wil go go back and check it out.

[Corinne C]

A wonderful capture of these fascinating birds. I hope you'll find great improvement and many more birds next time!

[Christine Sztukowski]

I love their beaks, I too hope it gets cleaned up

[Lesley]

Amazing!

[Joan Robillard]

Wonderful

[Paul J]

Looks like a crowded neighborhood! Very nice. Nice capture of the Ibis coming in for a landing.

[katy]

This is a really terrific composition to show the nests and fantastic timing to catch that one in flight

[Mags]

Nice timing! Lovely light.

[Jeff]

Excellent!

[Steve Chappell]

Great timing. Hope the place cleans things up for the fish and the birds

[Linda Godwin]

The birds have learned to nest there but they can't feed their young well with the fishes in the bad water.

[Lou Ann]

Well you made lemonade out of lemons. This is a lovely image, in spite of the muck.

[winghong_ho]

Really crowded. Beautiful capture.

[Cathy Donohoue]

Stellar shot.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Nice timing - hope the clearing up and the pollution got rid of - to let these flourish !

[Merrelyn]

What a shame that it has been allowed to get so run down. Hopefully they can get it restored to a healthy ecosystem.

[Olwynne]

Incredible shot. So many birds in such a small space. Hopefully this will change soon if the clean up does what it should

[Paula Fontanini]

Fantastic capture! Sometimes complaining gets results, so happy to hear it might resolve this problem for the birds and the fish!

[Allison Maltese]

Nice timing to get that one flying in. Sadly bird counts are declining everywhere.

[Renee Salamon]

Brilliant timing

[Bucktree]

Great capture and timing. I hope they continue their maintenance.

[Lisa Brown]

beautiful scene Diana. So much going on yet you captured all the details. Beautiful

[Beverley]

Wonderful capture of a busy scene…

[Dorothy]

Grand photo, interesting birds. Hope they follow through with the cleanup.

[Carole Sandford]

What a fantastic shot!

[haskar]

Great timing and focus. I hope that their living conditions will improve soon.

[Peter]

Lovely timing and capture Diana:)

[Rob Z]

A marvellous view of him in flight - I love his combination of colors.

[KV]

Lots going on here…I like the landing… and beautiful birds.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I can see the water around the heronry does look a bit green with algae- not a good sign for fish. But the mid-flight/landing action shot is great!

[Heather]

Great timing, Diana! You got a fabulous shot here! So glad to hear that it's being cleaned up! Fav

[narayani]

Glad they’re going to improve things

[Kathy A]

Great action shot! They really have made themselves a home there haven't they

[LManning (Laura)]

What a great scene.

[Bill]

Nice timing on this shot.

[Rick]

Great capture.

[Diana]

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[Joy's Focus]

Beautiful capture! Sad story about the habitat for the Ibises. I'm glad they're trying to restore it.

[John Falconer]

Great capture. You can have some of our ibises here in the middle of Sydney. They’re everywhere and a bit of a pest!! 😀😀😀