Misadventure on Macquarie Street

I don't usually feel any sympathy for Sydney's ibises. Nasty, ugly things, hanging around garbage bins and looking like they want to poke your eyes out with their  long sharp beaks.

Birds are evolved from dinosaurs, and our Australian white ibis, up close, is about as dinosaur looking as a modern bird can be.

I did feel a bit sympathetic to the one I came across in Macquarie Street the other day though. It was looking a bit upset, and prodding around at the body of a fallen chick. I figured that one of its offspring had fallen out of its nest during the earlier strong winds, and met an untimely end.

There again, maybe the nasty thing was just eyeing it up for lunch!