I am sure I read Artie talk about common birds as dirt birds before.
This is an Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis moluccus), which are common around cities and have a poor reputation, as they make quick work of human rubbish or food leftovers.
At this park they can be somewhat easier to approach, as they are more used to human traffic, though not like in Hyde Park in the CBD. When you stop and point a lens, their survival instinct does tend to make them want to move farther.
A late afternoon session presented this opportunity, and in typical fashion, once I took the full body shots, I stacked TCs to get this.
1DMkIII, 500/4L IS with stacked 2x and 1.4x
ISO 1600, f/16, 1/500th
Tripod and full Wimberley
Manual mode and minimal crop in PP
Basic adjustments only.
Excellent portrait , Akos.
Beautiful colour pallet. Very nice HA, superb details in plumage. Beautiful multi-coloured BG. Love the reflection of setting sun in his eye.
Excellent composition.