Straw-necked Ibis - Unisex Softstyle T-Shirt Color:Royal After a well-earned tropical vacation

After a well-earned tropical vacation

and organisations like the Australian Wildlife Conservancy play a key role in safeguarding the habitats this species depends on

unfragmented bushland

You'll often see them tiptoeing along the water’s edge

Found along the country's sandy beaches and coastal dunes

Straw-necked Ibis - Unisex Softstyle T-Shirt Color:Royal After a well-earned tropical vacationThe straw necked ibis affectionately known as the farmers friend is the glossy, purple sheened cousin of the better known bin chicken, and it absolutely glows in the sunlight with those metallic greens and blues. Unlike its scavenging relatives, this ibis actually prefers paddocks to bins, striding through farmland with its long curved bill hunting grasshoppers, crickets, beetles and other crop munching pests. They do still pop up in suburbia