White-faced Heron at Stromlo, ACT
Identification history
| Egretta novaehollandiae | 3 Oct 2018 | natureguy | ||
| Egretta novaehollandiae | 2 Oct 2018 | BIrdsinCanberra |
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User's notes
My eye was drawn to a white object on the opposite side of the river. I initially thought it was some rubbish that had drifted down with the current and was now stuck in the mud. Bringing my camera to my eye so I could look through the telephoto lens I realised I was looking at a White-faced Heron freezing in place as it looked for food to eat. It was in front of a carcass of a large animal, which may have been drawing insects. Photos two and three below show the heron hunting the insects possibly attracted by the dead animal. Photo four was when the heron stretched up to full height.
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.951327-35.319913
- Altitude 460.0m
- Maps Cotter Reserve
- Places Stromlo, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 Sep 2018 07:47 AM Recorded on
- BIrdsinCanberra Recorded by
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Collections
Birds Colonial nesters (Herons, Cormorants, etc) Water birds BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Egretta novaehollandiae Scientific name
- White-faced Heron Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1298.9m Recorded at altitude
- 655 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Ardea novaehollandiae
