Story: Life in fresh water

Shag

Shag

While shags are primarily coastal and estuarine birds, they also venture inland along rivers. They feed by diving and catching small fish. This one is waiting for flood waters to drop in the Waitawheta Stream in the Karangahake Gorge near Waihī.

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New Zealand Herald
Reference: 17 July 2005
Photograph by Alan Gibson

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Roger Young, 'Life in fresh water - Factors affecting life in fresh water', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/11644/shag (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Roger Young, published 24 Sep 2007