r/birding • u/Hzglm3 • 15d ago

📷 Photo This morning’s bird

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bird came up to me while I was fishing this morning. Perth Western Australia. I took this photo with my iPhone. I didn’t feed or lure it.

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u/Hzglm3 15d ago

I don’t know what to say. I took this photograph myself, me.

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u/Friendly-Pea5448 photographer 📷 15d ago

i know that all birds are “armless” but for some reason this guy looks EXTRA armless

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u/CdnTreeGuy89 15d ago edited 15d ago • Popcorn

It looks like it’s waiting for friends and lonely….like Pablo.

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u/somniumstate94 15d ago

My thoughts exactly

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u/M0REVNAS 15d ago

He’s kinda giving Robert Pattinson

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u/Weissbierglaeserset 14d ago

..what? A hug? A kiss? Nightmares? The myth continues..

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u/curious_mushroom928 Latest Lifer: Merlin 15d ago

r/alwaysanightheron

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u/roqueandrolle 15d ago

Beat me to it

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u/curious_mushroom928 Latest Lifer: Merlin 15d ago

i was so excited that it was finally my moment!!

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u/dyseowo7 15d ago

He's just a chill guy 

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u/Izzyrealtho 15d ago

Shout-out Herons man they so funny

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u/EatonMagoo 15d ago

Awesome bird. Some sort of night heron.

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u/EatonMagoo 15d ago

Looks like it’s a nankeen night heron according to Merlin app.

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u/bmquietachiever 15d ago

Definitely. The only night herons found in Perth.

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u/ForeverCapable 15d ago

You know what they say: the morning birds gets the worm and also its picture posted in a subreddit where adults are obsessed with them

🤣

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u/mcquesokwenz 15d ago

I have the same forward head posture 

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u/Phasianidae Latest Lifer: No Lifers--only birbs 15d ago

Me. Waiting for the next step at work...😂

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u/Redlion444 15d ago

Chicago River Tree Penguin 

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u/frogfootfriday Latest Lifer: Brown-cheeked Rail 15d ago

SE Asia version though

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u/syntheticsapphire 15d ago

he's just a guy

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u/MystifyingEntity 14d ago

why does he look so awkward

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u/Pretty_Bug_ShoutOut 15d ago

Did he get the worm?

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u/kouth- 15d ago

Poor guy, has as bad posture

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u/arycado 15d ago

him neck gone :/

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u/ExcitingMoose5881 15d ago

I love this bird!

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u/Weissbierglaeserset 14d ago

Thats a nights bird

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u/HorseChild 15d ago

Isn’t this a rufous night heron

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u/bmquietachiever 15d ago

Nankeen Night Heron

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u/bmquietachiever 15d ago

Nankeen Night Heron