Matuku

White-faced heron. Photo: Sid Mosdell (CC BY 2.0)

Listen to the white-faced heron, a tall, elegant, bird often seen stalking prey in almost any aquatic habitat and occupying the top of macrocarpa growing near water.

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Photo by Sid Mosdell, (CC BY 2.0)

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