During the time of the Pyramids , Egyptians worshipped an IBIS headed God called Thoth. ( please do no mix up with the Greek God Thor).
Do read and see the previous blog titled RED HEAD as well.
The featured image has a Cattle Egret and a Black headed Ibis.
The lovely Black & White Fauna foraging in the rural countryside near Somanthpur,Karnataka, India.
I wonder what this flock of Black Headed Ibis ( English) ,Threskiornis melanocephalus ( Scientific name) with their large sweeping curved beaks is looking for ?
The Open Bill in the picture below reminds me of another Bird called Open billed Spoonbill.
The picture below reminds me of a scene out of Jurassic Park ( do you recall the Holywood Blockbuster ?)
Also called Oriental Black Ibis , these lovely birds belong to the Ibis family Threskiornithidae and are native to the Indian Subcontinent.
However this family of three seems to be different to the pair above as the heads seems to be grey and not black.
This family of Grey Heads seems to like the Paddy Fields which resembles their natural habitat, the Wetlands.( could be Juveniles or immatures ?)
Their walk does resemble the Egyptian walk simulated in the Michel Jackson song of the yesteryears “Walk like an Egyptian”.
This Black & White species of Ibis is listed as Near Threatened by IUCN and Birdlife International which means their numbers are rapidly declining and I pray they do not follow the path of Ancient Egyptians into extinction.