Marrickville's birds

“Personally I don’t have a problem with the birds. It’s nice to have a bit of fuckin wildlife about the place,” Ewart St Resident, Keith

So residents of Marrickville have a problem with the ibis.

ibis is a native wetland bird and is a protected species under the
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Act.

“Marrickville Council recognises that the ibis population has caused issues for some residents, but we have to consideration that the ibis is a protected species. This species is under enormous pressure due to the drought in inland NSW and in recent years has moved to urban areas such as Marrickville to breed,’ Marrickville Mayor Morris Hanna said.

As such the council is putting together an Ibis Management Plan. The plan will look at ways that will allow the ibis to breed while minimising any impact on residents.

The birds must have really pissed off some of my residents. Yesterday when checking my mailbox there was a sign stuck on the brick wall advising us of a ‘residents meeting’ about the ibis problem on the 15 September

“Personally I don’t have a problem with the birds. It’s nice to have a bit of fuckin wildlife about the place,” my neighbour Keith told me yesterday. Standing in our car park we discussed other birds we have seen in the area including pelicans along the Cook’s River and a kookaburra who from time-to-time sings a little tune from the lampposts near our building.

Keith is right; it’s nice to have some birds flying about the place, crows on the other hand…