“Upon receiving a tip-off from a bird forum, I rushed down to capture a few shots of this rare winter visitor and passage migrant, the Malayan Night Heron (Gorsachius melanolophus). The heron is globally near-threatened.
“The heron stayed close to a bush and was a far distance away. I spent about an hour and a half observing it before it started feeding on something from the ground. It picked up a large earthworm, pulling it from the ground. It was a struggle to swallow the wriggling earthworm, taking about 15 minutes before succeeding.
“The heron then became lethargic and retreated behind some thick bushes.”
Ben Lee
Singapore
November 2009
Bird Ecology Study Group » Malayan Night Heron catches an earthworm II
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