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Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Description:

I've never seen more dazzling red eyes!

Habitat:

Along a stream.

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2 Comments

Anthony8
Anthony8 10 years ago

Thank you Ava! This is one of my favorite spottings in my collection!

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 10 years ago

Lovely spotting of this beautiful bird. And he's a "name's-the-same" organism: Nycticorax nycticorax. Here's Karen's blog spot on scientific naming: http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/3133882...

Anthony8
Spotted by
Anthony8

Virginia, USA

Spotted on May 2, 2013
Submitted on May 3, 2013

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