The diet of the white ibis primarily consists of crabs, crayfish, fish, snakes, frogs, and insects. Ibis breed in large colonial groups along the coast and inland between February and October, with the peak in the spring and summer.

What are ibis eating in my lawn?

Instead they poke their beaks into lawns searching for food such as grubs, worms, snails, frogs and toads. If they're in shallow water, they'll move their long, downward pointed beak side to side until they touch a shrimp, crab, worm, small snake or minnow. They then quickly grab their prey and eat their catch whole.

What can I feed an ibis?

It uses its long, curved bill to probe in the mud for crabs and crayfish. It swallows its prey whole. It also forages for food on land, and it may also eat insects, frogs, snails, marine worms, snakes, and small fish.