Birds for Kids

  NATURAL WORLD : BIRDS FOR KIDS IBIS Who's that poking around the pond? Ibis is a medium sized wading bird that lives in shallow bays, marshes, lakes and lagoons looking around for food in the muddy water. It's long down curving beak is a great help in poking around. Red Ibises have brilliant scarlet feathers tipped with black. Ibises are found in different colours, the most common one being white with a long reddish beak. Some have glossy brown, grey or black feathers with long spindly feet and webbed toes. There are 28 species of this bird. They live in flocks around all the warm regions of the world nesting around water bodies. Food like earthworms, small fish, insects, frogs  and mollusks are plentiful in such areas.  What do the nests look like? They look like a pile of sticks on tree branches, bushes, shrubs or banks. The male ibis is very protective of the nest. They guard it from other ibises stealing the sticks or making advances at the female ibis. A female lay...