Nikki's Gallery:   Striated Heron (1/3)

CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae

Butorides striatus  

Risking my safety with the lightning storm that was approaching, I edged closer and closer to this Striated Heron which had perched itself on a rock wall near the Wynnum boardwalk.

He was not disturbed by me at all. I think he was more put out by the fact that he was about to be saturated by the passing storm. And his spot under the tree which he had found was a lot more important than the strange creature taking photos of him.