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Daily Archives: September 23, 2014


34. The Night Heron or Backpack Quack (untranslatable Dutch pun*) 1

This entry was posted in animal animals behaviour birds Canon documentary information IUCN Nature Photography news photography photos rare science summer wildfowl and tagged article bait black-crowned night heron duckweed egret feathers fish fishing flying funny heron humour hunting information juvenile male night heron Nycticorax nycticorax plumage prey refractive index wader water wildfowl on September 23, 2014 by admin

Herons aren’t familiar for their refinement. Too often, I watched them fly the streets like a drunk, leaving a trail of nearly beheaded cyclists, due to a literally heavy meal. Or worse: they catch a fish, so big that –oops, silly detail- it just doesn’t fit through their throat. Oh […]

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