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Black Crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax Nyciticorax

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CynthiaMHori
CynthiaMHori 12 years ago
Black crowned night heron
Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night-Heron, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology


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6 Comments

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 12 years ago

i happened to shoot one yesterday
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/653...

WilfredJKrennJr
WilfredJKrennJr 12 years ago

Thanks for the corrections

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Gordon Dietzman
Gordon Dietzman 12 years ago

I think it's a black-crowned night heron as well.

IanMichaelIleto
IanMichaelIleto 12 years ago

a black-crowned night heron?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-crown...

KarenP
KarenP 12 years ago

some sort of smaller heron, could it be a black crowned night heron?

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alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Sorry , his legs are not long enough to be a Blue Heron. Any dissenters?

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WilfredJKrennJr
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WilfredJKrennJr

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Spotted on Jun 18, 2011
Submitted on Jun 19, 2011

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