Andrew,
White-faced Herons are very adaptable at feeding, I recorded a pair of
this species taking up feeding at the Penrith Weir (NSW) adjacent to
the Fish Race, they didn't bother with the rest of the weir but
concentrated all their feeding efforts on this one spot. This feeding
site provided a large ammount of food with little effort on the part
of the herons, but it was not very good for the migratory native fish.
Alan Leishman
Royal Botanic Gardens,
Sydney
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Subject: birding-aus White-faced heron
Author: Andrew <> at mailgate
Date: 26/11/99 19:27
I don't have access to HANZAB so don't know whether the following
observation is at all unusual. On 23/11/99 at 6.35 pm (twilight) at
Cooran, Noosa Shire, SEQ, I observed a white-faced heron join with Cattle
egrets to feed on insects flushed by moving cattle. If anything, it was
even bolder than the egrets, standing right beside the cattle's hind legs
and snapping up the insects. Has anyone else observed this behaviour?
Andrew Thelander
PO Box 302
Pomona QLD 4568
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