It's nice to see White-necked Herons and Great Egrets about again. Circa
1970s-80s they were fairly regular winter visitors in the yarra Valley.
The decade-plus of drought through the 1990s really cut their numbers.
On trips to Gippsland and northern Victoria recently I have seen plenty,
and last Wednesday I photographed one from the Hodgkins Rd causeway at
Devilbend Reservoir.
Anthea Fleming
On 3/01/2012 4:53 PM, Bill Stent wrote:
On the way to work this morning I spotted a Pacific Heron fishing at a
large pond left from Yarra floodwaters near the Bourke Road bridge in
Kew East. Took me a few seconds to figure out what it was, as it was
all muddy and very hunched up.
This is the first time I've seen a Pacific Heron this close to the city.
Bill
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