Aka Silberreihe (Silver heron)

Found here

A bit skittish, so this was the best an iPhone 14 Pro can do, given the distance.

But its real name is Kotuku (if you ignore the fact that it’s Ardea modesta and not Ardea alba) and we used to have a famous one in Mapua called Hamish.

Came every year for close to 20 years from the Karamea Inlet on the West Coast.

Then not.

Here’s the Nelson Mail:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5014500/Mapuas-Hamish-the-heron-a-no-show

So Arthur Hawke made a replica out of horseshoes.

As one does in Mapua…

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/7541880/Back-on-his-perch

06 Dec This entry was published on 6 December, 2024 at 09:00. It’s filed under Cool stuff, Nature, Out and about and tagged hamish, mapua, white heron. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.