Rising Tide Images
Catch of the Day
An ‘auku’u, or black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli) shows off a fresh caught tilapia cichlid. After a toss or two, the fish is turned around to enable swallowing head first. This indigenous sub-specie of night heron is diurnal in Hawaii and can be observed in most aquatic habitats, from protected upland watersheds to coastal urban drainage channels.
Catch of the Day
An ‘auku’u, or black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli) shows off a fresh caught tilapia cichlid. After a toss or two, the fish is turned around to enable swallowing head first. This indigenous sub-specie of night heron is diurnal in Hawaii and can be observed in most aquatic habitats, from protected upland watersheds to coastal urban drainage channels.