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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Nyctanassa violacea

Description:

Adult Description Medium-sized rather stocky heron. Black face and bill, with white cheek. Yellowish crown stripe. Gray body. Legs yellow.

Habitat:

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.

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18 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Congratulations. Fabulous looking bird and excellent shots..

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 years ago

Gorgeous photos. Congrats on spot of the day!

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Congratulations!

MaryEvans2
MaryEvans2 11 years ago

Congrats and well deserved. Beautiful spot and series of photos.

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 11 years ago

Felicidades que gran modelo y buena toma

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

Beautyful, congatulations :)

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

lovely capture... look like very tensed situation...

Stian Waaler
Stian Waaler 11 years ago

Congratulations Will! Fantastic pictures

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

congratulations!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Wonderful spot! Congratulations Will!

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Congratulations fabulous bird,

Atul
Atul 11 years ago

Superb Spotting and a well deserved SOTD congrats

Yasser
Yasser 11 years ago

Congratulations Will! This gorgeous heron has been selected as Spotting of the Day!

"The Yellow-Crowned Night Heron specializes in hunting crustaceans, particularly crabs. These birds stalk their prey or wait in ambush at the water's edge, mainly at night."

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KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Stunning!

WillRountree
WillRountree 11 years ago

Hmmm, Ok, I made the 3rd one the 1st! :) Thanks all for the kind comments!

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 11 years ago

I'm with jansonjones - I'd make the 3rd image the lead. Great stuff!

Yasser
Yasser 11 years ago

Gorgeous bird!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Beautiful shot and all your collection.

WillRountree
Spotted by
WillRountree

Texas, USA

Spotted on Mar 29, 2012
Submitted on Mar 30, 2012

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