A large bird like this should be easy to see, but the Herons are expert at standing still no matter what their position is. They will assess the best cost benefit, and often they will fly off only if we get really close. Distance here is just 8 metres! The vegetation is very dense, so perhaps it still thinks we don’t see it?
It sounds like this:
The weird night call:
Alarm call:
Yasuni National Park
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Last updated on 8 December 2020
