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NANKEEN NIGHT HERON

To: Evan Beaver <>
Subject: NANKEEN NIGHT HERON
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Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:23:11 +1000
I have seen one single specimen roosting in riparian vegetation along a 
degraded drainage line in
Upper Coomera on the Gold Coast a number of years ago.

Simon Muirhead

Quoting Evan Beaver <>:

> Excellent work! they're a stunning bird, really unusual looking.
> I've
> only seen one and remember it vividly. I saw it roosting in a tree,
> and seeing it look down it's beak at me, with those enormous
> penetrating eyes was quite spooky. I'd never really seen the
> herons/egrets as hunters before then, but gained a strong
> appreciation
> of how bad it would be to be a frog.
>
> EB
>
> On 7/10/08, Stalder <> wrote:
> > Hi there
> > In a rush, have not read through this site properly.
> > Today saw this unusual bird in the pond outside the Croydon Library
> in Victoria.   Is it a Nankeen Night Heron (Nyctiorax Calendonicus)
> I had to look it up on the internet, have never seen one before.
> >
> > Regards
> > Helen Stalder
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