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Crouching on the way down to the "umbrella" hunting position -- an ID behavior for this bird. Added: SueRob --to no surprise-- has an outstanding shot of the black egret in the full umbrella position. Technopole. Cap Vert, Senegal.
Black Heron. This strange looking bird is quite rare in South Africa. Photo by charlesjorg.
Zwarte reiger - Black Egret (Egretta ardesiaca) in South Africa by Warwick Tarboton.
Black heron, Egretta ardesiaca, at Marievale Nature Reserv… | Flickr
The black heron uses a hunting method called canopy feeding—it uses its wings like an umbrella, creating shade that attracts fish.
Botswana and Zambia: Black Heron
Black heron catching fish under its wings
The behavior, called canopy feeding, is an especially effective way to hunt.
Black heron, Lake Naivasha
Egretta ardesiaca
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Black Heron also Black Egret (Egretta ardesiaca) by Derek_Keats
Nuts About Birds Est 2013 on Instagram: “. ✨Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) Hungary 🇭🇺 ✨ . . 📸 Photographer: @peter_pe_kuehn . . ✨Congratulations on your NAB…”
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