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White-faced heron chick

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White-faced heron chick

Herons have keen eyes for spotting fast-moving fish through the surface of the water, and an efficient bill for catching them. This chick will soon be fledging and hunting for its own food.

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Gerard Hutching, Herons – Other herons, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/6436/white-faced-heron-chick (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Gerard Hutching, published 2 March 2009.