It's been a whole week since I spotted an unusual visitor to Waikawa Beach and I assumed it had left. But today I again spotted the kōtuku white heron by the river and was able to get quite close. Such beautiful birds. 🐦
![Very large white bird on the riverbank with ducks in the water nearby.](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2378/2024/kotuku-white-heron.jpeg)
![Very large white bird on the riverbank with neck folded and beak lifted a little.](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2378/2024/kotuku-white-heron-2.jpeg)
![Very large white bird on the riverbank with beak open.](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2378/2024/kotuku-white-heron-3.jpeg)
![Very large white bird on the riverbank with neck extended.](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2378/2024/e0b87308f4.jpeg)
I love simplicity and silence. I enjoy taking photos of birds. I also enjoy drinking tea — green, white, yellow, oolong. I live at Waikawa Beach in New Zealand, which I love, and strive to be an actively decent human being. Apparently the bizarre is normal now. Now 69, I'm super happy to be getting old — it means I'm not dead yet! 100% human (she / her). I joined the MB community on 05 January 2018. Follow me on Micro.Blog at https://micro.blog/miraz.
It's been a whole week since I spotted an unusual visitor to Waikawa Beach and I assumed it had left. But today I again spotted the kōtuku white heron by the river and was able to get quite close. Such beautiful birds. 🐦