Saturday, July 1, 2017

WHITE HERON

Photographed at Miranda, June 2017
(*   241)                WHITE HERON                Ardea modesta

NEW ZEALAND                54

Known in Australia as Great Egret. Found in freshwater wetlands and estuaries, occasionally wet pastures. 92 cm. Very rare native in New Zealand, about 50 pairs breeding at Okarito and the disperse throughout mainland.
























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