Ancient Name

The Scared Ibis was seen everywhere we went in South Africa until we hit Kruger National Park.  These large birds we easy to spot and slow enough so I could get some good BIF shots of them, like this one over the marsh.  It is called a Sacred Ibis because the ancient Egyptians believed it symbolized the Thoth, the god of knowledge and wisdom.  They mummified thousands of them with their dead royalty.