Red-Eyed Glare

With hypnotic red eyes, this ambush predator patiently peers into the waters of a brackish wetland. The ‘auku’u, or black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli) is a well-adapted hunter, preying on fish, crustaceans, and frogs in an variety of waterways from mountain streams to urban drainage channels to coastal tide pools.

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