Re: Heron - Bird of the Month AUGUST 2013
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:55 pm
Green-backed Heron/Héron strié
Kruger, Lake Panic - October 2009
Kruger, Lake Panic - October 2009
November 2009 - Biyamiti weir
ready for the braai 
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Typical Herons, Night-herons, Green-backed Herons, Cattle Egrets, Typical Egrets (Subfamily Ardeinae)
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Re: Heron - Bird of the Month AUGUST 2013
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:58 pm
Green-backed Heron/Héron strié
November 2009 - Biyamiti weir
ready for the braai
November 2009 - Biyamiti weir
ready for the braai Re: Heron - Bird of the Month AUGUST 2013
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 4:01 pm
Green-backed Heron/Héron strié
Kruger - October 2009
not really willing 
Kruger - October 2009
not really willing Re: Heron - Bird of the Month AUGUST 2013
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 10:11 am
Green-backed Heron/Héron strié
Kruger 2011
bad mood
Sunset dam
Kruger 2011
bad mood Sunset damHeron - Bird of the Month AUGUST 2013
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 10:13 am
Kgalagadi - October 2012
Black-headed Heron/Héron mélanocéphale
nesting in Auob river
Black-headed Heron/Héron mélanocéphale
nesting in Auob river
Heron - Bird of the Month AUGUST 2013
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 10:13 am
The Black-headed Heron is a large bird, standing 85 cm tall, and it has a 150 cm wingspan.
It is nearly as large as the Grey Heron, which it resembles in appearance, although it is generally darker.
Its plumage is largely grey above, and paler grey below. It has a powerful dusky bill.
The flight is slow, with the neck retracted.
This is characteristic of herons and bitterns, and distinguishes them from storks, cranes, and spoonbills, which extend their necks.
The white underwing coverts are striking in flight.
Heron - Bird of the Month AUGUST 2013
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 10:13 am
Green-backed heron
Re: Heron - Bird of the Month AUGUST 2013
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 2:39 pm
Why scaly-feathered finches don't like black-headed herons 
The culprit
The attack
The successful hunt
The meal preparation
The smug culprit
The culprit The attack The successful hunt The meal preparation The smug culpritRe: Heron - Bird of the Month AUGUST 2013
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 8:51 am
Black Heron... hunting
Re: Heron - Bird of the Month AUGUST 2013
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:01 pm
Black-headed herons are the most common kind of heron you'll find in the Kgalagadi -
often on one of the dunes roads.
This was at Vaalpan on the Northern Dune Road
24/10/2011
This as well
29/10/2012
And this at Tierkop on the Southern Dune Road
23/10/2012
often on one of the dunes roads.
This was at Vaalpan on the Northern Dune Road
24/10/2011This as well
29/10/2012And this at Tierkop on the Southern Dune Road
23/10/2012