Yellow Crowned Night Heron

Description:

Adults are about 61 cm (24 in) long and weigh 625 g (22.0 oz). 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.

Habitat:

Coastal. The ones observed today (in southeastern Virginia, USA) were on the water's edge or in loblolly pines.

Notes:

Mainly eat crustaceans, mollusks, frogs, aquatic insects, and small fish