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Yellow-crowned Night Heron + Video

Nyctanassa violacea

Description:

A nocturnal heron of the southern swamps and coasts, the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron can also be found breeding along wooded streams northward to Indiana and Illinois. Cornell Lab

Habitat:

Near a ditch Mangrove forest: Punta Gorda FL

Notes:

Gathering nesting material

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3 Comments

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

Thanks Emma & Atul!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

Lovely!

Atul
Atul 11 years ago

nice spotting and vdo!

ceherzog
Spotted by
ceherzog

Punta Gorda, Florida, USA

Spotted on Jun 14, 2012
Submitted on Jun 18, 2012

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