For the past two weeks, we have had big brown birds in our garden (yard), and we couldn't for the life of us figure out what they were. Mom guessed at some sort of ibis and then referred to them as crows on steroids; the noise they make is extremely annoying. Today, while looking at a house, we heard them in the trees and asked the realtor showing us around the property what they were, and she called them a Hadeda Ibis.
"The Hadeda Ibis is a heavy bodied brown bird with iridescent pink shoulder patches and a long de-curved bill. The Hadeda Ibis has a distinctively loud, penetrating and recognisable haa-haa-haa-de-dah call that is often heard when the birds are flying or when startled, hence the name, Hadeda. Hadeda Ibis move around in flocks numbering up to 20 birds or 100 out of breeding season." http://www.sa-venues.com/wildlife/birds_hadeda_ibis.htm
"The Hadeda Ibis is a heavy bodied brown bird with iridescent pink shoulder patches and a long de-curved bill. The Hadeda Ibis has a distinctively loud, penetrating and recognisable haa-haa-haa-de-dah call that is often heard when the birds are flying or when startled, hence the name, Hadeda. Hadeda Ibis move around in flocks numbering up to 20 birds or 100 out of breeding season." http://www.sa-venues.com/wildlife/birds_hadeda_ibis.htm
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