Eating insects

Caterpillars, grasshoppers, crickets, beetles ... the strohalsibis can't get enough of them! It spends about 75% of its time looking for food. Australian farmers are very happy with these birds, because they eat all the pesky grasshoppers and other insects that eat the farmers' land.

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The nests of these birds are often found on the ground or just above the water. The nest is reused every year. The male looks for twigs and reeds and the female uses these to build the nest. Together they incubate the eggs and care for the chicks.

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