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Gazza tossed the piece of potato. The Ibis didn't budge. It wanted the whole thing.

The Ibis watched. It hopped down from the bin, landing with a heavy thud on the pavement. It took a step forward, the phone screen glowing against its beak.

The bird tilted its head, the phone still clamped firmly in its beak. It didn't fly away. It just looked at Gazza, then at the half-eaten hash brown sitting on top of Gazza’s bag. aussie reddit

He slowly reached into his bag, broke off a piece of the hash brown, and held it out on his palm. "Righto, let’s negotiate."

"Oi!" Gazza yelled, his civic duty overriding his desire for breakfast. "Drop it, you feathered rat!" Gazza tossed the piece of potato

That’s when he saw it: a White Ibis —better known to locals as a "bin chicken"—perched precariously on the rim of a nearby Council bin. This wasn't just any bin chicken. This one had a certain glint in its eye, a look that said it had survived three lockdowns and a hundred school lunch raids.

The bird didn't hesitate. It dropped the phone—clattering onto the concrete—and sprinted toward the potato with the speed of a prehistoric raptor. The Ibis watched

Gazza sighed, looking at his hash brown—the perfect golden triangle of grease and potato. He knew the drill. This was a classic Sydney shakedown.