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Friday, 6 March, 2026
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Not rare, yet rarely seen INSIDE, we begin a photographic series on the native birds of Rosewood and surrounds. We’ll highlight the distinctive array of birds in our area, the need to protect our wetlands and forests and to consider planting native species in our gardens. With photography by LYLE RADFORD, we’ll add a short commentary on each. NANKEEN NIGHT HERON Not a rare bird, but rarely seen as it feeds at night in shallow waters. Nomadic, it follows the rain. The adults have rich cinnamon upper-parts, white-buff under-parts, a black crown and yellow legs and feet. Breeding adults display three white nuptial plumes along the back of their head. And there’s equality between the sexes as both parents incubate the eggs in a nest of sticks built like a platform over water. SEE PAGE 8
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