I documented every bird I saw in Sydney
That picture is the first time I saw an Australian White Ibis. This was along Elizabeth St and we'd just left the hotel.
"That's a trash bird," I said out loud. My friends agreed that I had indeed stumbled upon its designated moniker (it wasn't until later that my raid leader told me it was actually called a 'bin chicken').
Moments later, on our excursion to Darling Square, we saw another one.
Later, we went to the Sydney Harbour Bridge (a place I've always wanted to visit ever since I was six) and my friend bought a wood-fired pizza.
The bin chicken tried to steal the ham off his pizza. Here's the damn culprit with weird gold coloring at the back of its head.
Sydney Botanical Gardens we hit on a separate day. I make it a point to visit every botanical garden I can get my hands on. Here's the first time I saw bin chickens away from their natural habitat of dumpsters.
A KOOKABURA. MY GOD, THEY'RE SO CUTE? THEY'RE JUST CUDDLY LITTLE THINGS?
I couldn't go to Sydney and not go to KOI Dessert Bar (which was excellent, and their espresso machine looked so high tech and chrome it felt like it belonged to a sci-fi movie set). On our way, I found this cute golden duck in Chippendale.
Very nice inanimate object. Would pet again.
SEA Life, penguins!
The keepers there kept calling them naughty rascals.
Leaving SEA Life, we found this bin chicken pooping in the bin. Nice.
The next day, Australian zoo. Okay, so--I am considering moving to Australia. I just need some more time to plan out things, but I'm well aware about the existence of huntsman spiders.
I spent 15 mins in the arachnid area trying to acclimatize myself through exposure to them.
I couldn't do it. T_T
Thankfully, I had this lovely peacock to distract me once I left.
Oh my god, another one in Sydney Zoo.
Hey, feet off that food tray! Not sanitary.
Hyde Park. Looked like they were enjoying a banana.
At Sydney Fish Market, a group of pelicans were roosting all over the fish processing factories. A peculiar group of three waddled outside the door before a factory worker came out and chucked fish chunks into their mouths.
