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Egretta novaehollandiae

White-faced Heron at Nariel Valley, VIC

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Identification history

	Egretta novaehollandiae	3 Jan 2024	Darcy
	Egretta novaehollandiae	3 Jan 2024	LyndalT

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Been watching this bird for last three Januaries. He roosts in the poplars in the camp ground, and at about 8:30am flies down into the cow paddock, squawking all the way. Poor photos, very hard to predict when he will actually make an entrance.

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Location information

Coordinates 147.831867 -36.243431
Places Nariel Valley, VIC

Sighting information

1 Abundance
1 Jan 2024 08:40 AM Recorded on
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LyndalT Hume NatureMapr Colonial nesters (Herons, Cormorants, etc) Water birds Birds

Species information

Egretta novaehollandiae Scientific name
White-faced Heron Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1298.9m Recorded at altitude
730 images trained Machine learning
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Synonyms
Ardea novaehollandiae

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