GOOD FENCES - Hadeda in Johannesburg, South Africa

Once again, these are birds that I photographed I my friends’ garden in Johannesburg, South Africa.  This bird is the Hadeda Ibis.

Hadeda Ibis

76–85 cm

A large, stout, grey-brown ibis with glossy bronze-green wing coverts. Grey face has whitish stripe running from bill to below and behind eye. Shortish, deep bill is dark grey with a red ridge on the upper mandible. In flight, wings broad; neck and legs short compared to Glossy Ibis. Juv. has duller, shorter bill. 

Voice: 

Noisy; gives a raucous ‘ha-da' or ‘ha-ha-da-da' call in flight and when flushed. 

Common resident and nomad in forest clearings, woodland, savanna, grassland, farmland and suburbia. Range has expanded westward in recent years, apparently in response to human habitat modification, especially irrigation. 

Usually found in small parties; roosts and breeds in trees.

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