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Reconnaissance

A black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli) surveys the bank of a windward Oahu marsh. The ‘auku’u is a well-adapted ambush hunter, preying on fish, crustaceans, and frogs in an assortment of waterways from mountain streams to urban drainage channels.

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Uploaded on November 7, 2020
Taken on November 5, 2020