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White-Faced Heron

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White-Faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae), Miranda, Firth of Thames, North Island, New Zealand

Not the most elegant piece of flying! White-Faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) in flight, Miranda, Firth of Thames, North Island, New Zealand

White-Faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae), Miranda, Firth of Thames, North Island, New Zealand

White-Faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) with a small crab in its bill, Miranda, Firth of Thames, North Island, New Zealand

White-Faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae), Miranda, Firth of Thames, North Island, New Zealand

White-Faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) with a small crab in its bill, Miranda, Firth of Thames, North Island, New Zealand

A White-Faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) has just tossed a small crab into the entrance to its throat before swallowing it, Miranda, Firth of Thames, North Island, New Zealand

White-Faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) fishing, Miranda, Firth of Thames, North Island, New Zealand

White-Faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) displaying to another one, Miranda, Firth of Thames, North Island, New Zealand

White-Faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) chasing an intruder from what it regards as its territory, Miranda, Firth of Thames, North Island, New Zealand

White-Faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) about to take off, Miranda, Firth of Thames, North Island, New Zealand

White-Faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) in flight, Miranda, Firth of Thames, North Island, New Zealand

White-Faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) in silhouette, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand

White-Faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) in silhouette, walking through the shallows just below the shoreline, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand