A most extraordinary bird…

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David Berry

🇦🇺 Australia 🦘
A fluffy-necked Striated Heron stalks its prey…

Striated Heron : Stalking
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and then takes flight…

Striated Heron : Getting Airborne
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Striated Heron : Butorides striata
King Island : Moreton Bay, Queensland
20 metres to subject
7:05 am (2 hours after sunrise)


By heron standards, this predator of the intertidal zone is a stumpy little bird, but not so when it strikes out or takes flight.

It has a thick mane around its neck that ought to be the envy of any leader of the pride on the African savannah.
 
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