Nankeen Night Heron

["Philip Veerman" <>]

Many (>20) years ago when I worked at Lovett Tower in Woden, I saw one Nankeen Night Heron in a small (not especially thick) tree in front of the building beside the health centre and car park, when I arrived for work in the morning. As I am not an early starter there would already have been many people pass very close by. But it had gone by lunch time. Is that useful information now? Probably not, other than that they can end up in odd places.

 

Philip

 

-----Original Message-----
From: sandra henderson [
Sent: Monday, 5 January 2015 8:21 AM
To: Martin Butterfield
Cc: COG List
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Nankeen Night Heron

Dropped
into Acacia inlet on my way into Civic on Sunday morning, and spotted
a night heron in willows between the inlet and the Aboriginal art centre. it
flew (of course!) when I got my camera, and I think ended up in the thick
foliage at lake edge closer to ANU end of lake. Have not previously seen night
herons near Acacia Inlet, but no reason why they wouldn't like all those
willows.

Sandra H

On Saturday, January 3, 2015, Martin Butterfield <> wrote:

Neighbours reported a Nankeen Night Heron along the Molonglo Valley a few days ago.  I was able to relocate the bird this morning.  I have done a blog post for the information of Carwoola residents, which may also be of interest to this group.

Martin Butterfield

http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/