It has long pink legs, which end with webbed toes. It washes the mud from its prey in the surrounding water, then swallows it with a quick, upward thrust of the neck and head. White Ibises tend to feed in large groups. Reproduction Pair formation in ibises tends to depend on the amount of rain, light, and available food rather than occurring at a set time every year. Nest building, however, tends to fall between May and early June.
Colonies begin with the roost sites of males, who form a sort of daytime bachelor party.
The females then come and build the nests nearby. Nests are built in live or dead woody plants, usually in branch crotches. On average, 2-3 eggs are laid. Both the male and female incubate, and the eggs hatch about 21 days after incubation begins. The nestlings are born with their eyes closed and cannot stand, preferring to sleep for the first week of life.