CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae

Ardea pacifica  

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)
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© Geoff Walker 2011
Bowra Station, QLD (Sep, 2011)

This bird was working the dam and proved to be an excellent fisherman catching small yabbies with apparent ease.

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)

White-necked Heron

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)

White-necked Heron

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)

White-necked Heron

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)

White-necked Heron

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)

Eating a yabby

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)

Eating a yabby

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)

White-necked Heron

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)

Before the party

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)

After the party

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)

White-necked Heron

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)

White-necked Heron

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)

White-necked Heron

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)

White-necked Heron

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)

White-necked Heron

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)

Non-breeding White-necked Heron

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)

White-necked Heron

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)

White-necked Heron

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)

White-necked Heron

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)

White-necked Heron

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)

White-necked Heron

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)

White-necked Heron

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)

White-necked Heron in Flight