[Photos] Wildlife - Birbs (Cape Barren Goose, Glossy Ibis, Cattle Egret)

[moonvoice]

I really love egrets.
And ibis.
And cape barren geese.

The cape barren goose male did a run and display at me while I was standing there with my camera, and I can't blame him, because he had a female and he was being all bold and protective. Thankfully there was a fence between us because those fuckers are a metre tall.


Cattle egret.




Glossy ibis.







Cape barren goose. *coughs*A dinosaur*coughs*







He was displaying here too and giving me some major side-eye.



Look he is a super serious dad.



Dinobirb. Seriously, a lot of people talk about Cassowaries as the ultimate dinobirb, and I see that, I do, but these guys are HUGE and there's some rumours that they may be related to flightless megafauna in New Zealand.



Cattle egret.

Comments

[moonvoice]

Tbh if there wasn't a fence between me and that goose I would've been pretty intimidated. They meant business for sure. :D

[bunny_m]

Yeah, messing with a goose will only end in pain.

That said, I accidentally discovered years ago they *really* don't like sunnies, especially mirror shades. Had a 'standard' goose come at me in my late teens, and then back off and totally not run the hell away, nooo because I was wearing said shades, possibly not helped by my complete lack of backing down.

Which was really a Not Very Smart Move in retrospect, but no-one got injured, thankfully.