CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae

Nycticorax caledonicus  

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)
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© Vik Dunis 2008
Carlton, VIC (Aug, 2008)

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"

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Nankeen Night Heron

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Nankeen Night Heron

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Juvenile Nankeen Night Heron

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Nankeen Night Heron

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Nankeen Night Heron

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Nankeen Night Heron

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Juvenile Nankeen Night Heron

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Nankeen Night Heron

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Nankeen Night Heron

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Nankeen Night Heron

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Nankeen Night Heron

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Immature Nankeen Night Heron

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Immature Nankeen Night Heron

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Nankeen Night Heron

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Nankeen Night Heron

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Juvenile Nankeen Night Heron

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Immature Nankeen Night Heron

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Immature Nankeen Night Heron

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Nankeen Night Heron

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Nankeen Night Heron

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Nankeen Night Heron

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

Juvenile Nankeen Night Heron