Did you know that even the most experienced rangers sometimes have to look twice at young birds before they're sure what species they're looking at? Rhulani's ranger Ralf recently spotted what he thought was a heron up in a tree, in a rather unusual position, but it wasn't until closer inspection that he realized it was a juvenile black-headed heron.
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