canberrabirds

White-faced Heron

To: Bill Hall <>
Subject: White-faced Heron
From: Martin Butterfield <>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 06:42:42 +0000
HANZAB notes only one confirmed case of this species eating carrion.  Other possible cases are thought to have been eating flies on the corpse.  So yes, unusual.



On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 at 17:16, Bill Hall <> wrote:

This afternoon about 4km south of Queanbeyan a White-faced Heron feeding/pecking on a kangaroo carcass (more than 2 weeks old). Unusual behaviour??

 

Bill Hall

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