Pecking Order at the Dumpster by junge1
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Description
Several dumpsters were located on one of the boat landings in Fish Market were fishing boats off-loaded their fresh catch or fresh-frozen catch (frozen at sea) and delivered it to the adjacent wholesale/retail outlets and to the seafood restaurants that make up the area known as Fish Market.
These birds took full advantage of the refuse thrown away by these restaurants and outlets.
Seeing these birds and watching them I became aware that there was a definite pecking order. The big bird in the dumpster was an Ibis, they had their choise, while all the smaller birds nearby and waited their turn or were trying to sneak in on the sly.
This picture was taken on 5 December 2011,
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Comments (38)
Very cool capture!!
garbage free :) very nice shot
Wonderful capture!
This is the law of the jungle! Beautiful image with the ibis which has food in its beak!
Excellent capture, Sig!!!
I have never seen a black headed Ibis before. A classic dumpster diver!
A Sacred Ibis not being very Sacred! lol Great shot.. How man interferes with nature, he should be fishing in a river somewhere! Rob
The Ibis was sacred in Ancient Egypt, I think - hence the pecking order ... Great photo!