Scavengers After the Rain

It’s funny the things that you can find to photograph.  So many seemingly mundane things take on a new level of interest.  For example, the goings on after heavy rain…

Where I live, there are a lot of Ibis birds around.  They are constantly scavenging for food and are generally not afraid of humans.  Here is somewhere I had never seen them before in such a large group - my backyard!

Photograph of Scavengers after the Rain

There had been quite a lot of rain a few days before I took these photos, and as there is a creek that runs along this park (aka my backyard), the area often floods.

I’m not exactly sure what kind of food these birds were finding, but they stayed around for a long time.  If I’d thought about it at the time, a telephoto lens would have captured some interesting angles.

Photograph of Scavengers after the Rain B

So, you never know what you’ll find looking out your window at home!

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