Matuku/Australasian Bittern Kaiapoi Island

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Matuku/Australasian Bittern Kaiapoi Island

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It was great while walking the Poynter nature track on Kaiapoi Island, Waimakariri River, Christchurch, to hear (but unfortunately not see) two bittern booming. This is a great little wetland wedged between the Waimakariri and Kaiapoi rivers is very rewarding for its mix of estuarine, scrub and bushland birds but it is the first time I have heard bittern there.
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