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Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Description:

Medium sized heron with a black crown and back, with the remainder of the body white or grey, red eyes, and short yellow legs.

Habitat:

roosting in cypress trees

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2 Comments

drP
drP 11 years ago

Very nice!

Beautiful capture Elkman!

Elkman
Spotted by
Elkman

San Mateo, California, USA

Spotted on Oct 22, 2012
Submitted on Feb 25, 2013

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