CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae
Nycticorax caledonicus
Located one lunch break on the island in the upper pond in Carlton Gardens.
The moping heron, motionless and stiff,
That on a stone, as silently and stilly,
Stood, an apparent sentinel, as if
To guard the water-lily.
Thomas Hood (1799-1845) - from "The Haunted House"