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Egretta ardesiaca
Black Heron hunting/feeding
Rondebult Bird Sanctuary is in Johannesburg, surrounded by townships and smallholdings.
Spotted on Mar 29, 2012
Submitted on Mar 28, 2012
23 Comments
Thanks!
Great!!!! Wow :)
Great series and fantastic video!
One of my favorite Herons!
This is such a great study (stills and video) of this heron's feeding behavior!
excellent shot !
Very deliteful. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks everyone. Sometimes you're lucky!
Great series & awesome video Johan!
This video is so delightful!
Great series & info murtu!
The Black Heron has an interesting hunting method called canopy feeding—it uses its wings like an umbrella, and uses the shade it creates to attract fish.
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Heron"
graceful..like a ballerina..
Wow, amazing bird!
Brilliant!
Wow! that's an interesting behavior. Thanks for sharing this images :)
That's a wonderful video! Thanks for sharing it.
I've added a video of this hunter now.
Wonderful series Murtu!
Welcome to Project Noah
Welcome to Project Noah. What a lovely series! This could go in the Hunters and Food Habits mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8463...
Nice series!
Grandiosas series
Beautiful set of images!