White-faced herons (Egretta novaehollandiae) are common in the Tasman region. They’ve arrived in New Zealand in the last hundred years and like it here so much that they’ve spread throughout the country. Coastlines are their thing, especially mudflats, where they systematically scour the shore for signs of dinner. They eat invertebrates (crabs, worms, insects, spiders), but will also eat small vertebrates (fish, lizards, frogs). White-faced herons are also found in paddocks and parks after rain, where they look for worms.
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