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Pied heron

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Subject: Pied heron
From: "Andrew Stafford" <>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 15:38:59 +1100
The bird is indisputably a juv Pied Heron. Reasons: long yellow bill; dark lores with white iris, yellow legs, slim build. All the above rule out White-necked Heron... the white line on the carpal joint is very fine and nothing like the comparative "beacon" of a White-necked anyway.
 
Cheers, AS
 
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