Matuku/Australasian Bittern Kaiapoi Island
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 9:29 pm
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.