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Hours of patient stalking had their reward in these splendid pictures of white herons at Gishorne. They are the work of Mr George van Cattenburch, a photographer with Dunstan's Photo Service, who took them on the Waikanae Creek near Stanley Road.

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The bird below, in flight, is a variation known as the blue-throated heron.

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Up to six white herons have been seen at one time in Gisborne this year.