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Nyctanassa violacea
Adults are about 61 cm long and weigh 625 g. They have a white crown and back with the remainder of the body grayish, red eyes and short yellow legs. They have a white stripe below the eye. Juveniles resemble young Black-crowned Night-Herons, being mainly brown flecked with white or gray. I spotted this handsome male in a tree near the pond where I've been scouting geese and ducks lately. I was treated to a glimpse of his "girlfriend" (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/243...) as well as his lovely display for her!
Summer residents in this part of GA for breeding only. Their breeding habitat is swamps and marshes from the eastern United States to north-eastern South America. They often nest in colonies, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs.
Spotted at a wooded detention/retention pond in an office building complex in Kennesaw, GA
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