With parks resembling wetlands thanks to persistent rain, the bin chicken has gone back to nature
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Recent rains have driven the Australian white ibis away from our bins and into Sydney’s sodden parklands.
Known as the “bin chicken”, “tip turkey”, “sandwich snatcher” or “picnic pirate”, the much-maligned ibis is now congregating in large numbers in parks across Sydney – meeting to forage for food and to find a mate, according to bird expert Dr Gráinne Cleary.