Birds

I don't like birds. I really don't. It's a recent phobia that I've developed (maybe in the last few years?). I'm honestly not around birds too often (well, who is?), but they scare me. I think my fear is rooted in a story I read once about a lady attacked by Canadian geese. I have nightmares about them pecking me to death. Well, we know that exchanges are meant to open your eyes and challenge you... and I think this bird-filled country called Australia will do just that.

Okay, pigeons are one thing - wild turkeys are another. I never realized that turkeys "roamed". Maybe that was naive of me, but the only time I see turkeys, let alone think of turkeys, is on Thanksgiving day. I was taken back when I saw my first wild turkey roaming around campus - and the thing that boggled me the most was - no one even stopped to look or take a photo!! They seem harmless.. we'll see.

Now, we discuss the ibis. The ibis is a white bird, with a long black beak - for all you crossword lovers. The ibis is no street bird. It's no crow, it's no seagull. It resembles more of a heron. The ibis fears nothing, well the ibis I met anyways. I was sitting in the University cafeteria eating a salad (candy to a bird) when an ibis hopped up on the table behind me. I thought in my head - there is no way that ibis would even think of coming closer to me, but like I said, this ibis feared nothing. I grabbed my salad and ran away - leaving my mother to fend for herself at the table. Eventually, a lady working in the cafeteria shooed it away. It went on to steal an innocent boy's subway sandwich right out of his hand.

Ibis, I'm watching you.