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Neil
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Black-Crowned Night Heron having a bath
« on: Sep 12th, 2006, 7:53am » |
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I hadn't seen this behavior from night herons before and only one of the birds seems to do it. There have been up to 7 night herons in Kowloon Park at one time. Digiscoped over a couple of days. Neil. Kowloon Park, Hong Kong, China. Olympus 7070wz plus Swarovski STS80HD scope and Sw30x eyepiece and DCA adapter
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Bob Thompson
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Re: Black-Crowned Night Heron having a bath
« Reply #1 on: Sep 12th, 2006, 8:37am » |
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I love the first shot Neil, he looks worried that the carp may bite his toes
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Fred
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Re: Black-Crowned Night Heron having a bath
« Reply #2 on: Sep 13th, 2006, 12:15am » |
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Interesting to see a heron in a bath. It reminds me of some monkeys in a Japanese hotspring.
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深藍 Owen
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Re: Black-Crowned Night Heron having a bath
« Reply #3 on: Sep 13th, 2006, 12:44am » |
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taken at Summer Sep 2002, the night heron enjoy the cool water at HK Park.
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Neil
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Re: Black-Crowned Night Heron having a bath
« Reply #4 on: Sep 13th, 2006, 7:27am » |
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Yesterday there were 8 night herons in the pond around 6.00pm but I've only seen the one bird behave like this. Neil.
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Fred
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Re: Black-Crowned Night Heron having a bath
« Reply #5 on: Sep 13th, 2006, 10:43pm » |
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It can be the leader in an evolution of behaviour
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