My day went awry in the best possible way. I cut short my bike ride to collect my Fuji X-T5 and take photos of a rare visitor to Waikawa Beach: a Kōtuku | White heron. 🐦
Such amazing birds!
![Tall white bird stands tall beside a river.](https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.uploads.micro.blog%2F2378%2F2024%2Fheron-01.jpeg)
![Pure white bird with sharp yellow beak and neck kinked flies across the image.](https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.uploads.micro.blog%2F2378%2F2024%2Fheron-02.jpeg)
![Black shag in the river looks at the heron on the bank.](https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.uploads.micro.blog%2F2378%2F2024%2Fheron-03.jpeg)
Peekaboo!
My day went awry in the best possible way. I cut short my bike ride to collect my Fuji X-T5 and take photos of a rare visitor to Waikawa Beach: a Kōtuku | White heron. 🐦
Such amazing birds!
@Miraz I do like herons, and I love that in-flight photo! I don’t think we have white herons in my country, at least I’ve never seen them here.
@toddgrotenhuis Yes, and the number of different ones was much higher than I thought! We usually saw the grey ones where I grew up.
PS: Nycticorax would be a nice metal band name!
@Miraz what a cracking bird and super photos. Like others I find the second one stunning!
@Miraz Beautiful photos and video! We see many blue herons in our area but, they are too fast and too shy for me to take photos. :)
@pratik Thank you. I'm considering put it on the wall. 😀 Or one of the others from the same sequence…