I was photographing this Squacco Heron waiting for it to do something. When they sit around doing nothing they do exactly that – nothing. They have the ability to just sit there and watch the world go by. Wish I had the comfort and patience to sit like that. It may have noticed me peering at it through my camera. At some stage it stared straight at me, perhaps waiting for me to do something rather than just sitting there watching the world go by. Eventually it scratched its head before moving off, presumably to find something to eat.
Squacco Herons are about 45 cm in height, are waders and live on fish, frogs and insects