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Yellow-crowned Night-heron

Nyctanassa violacea

Description:

Some kind of bird, maybe a crane? Very hard to photograph without a decent zoom or telephoto lens.

Habitat:

Water, marshlands, mangroves

Notes:

Common to find in Florida... this one was spotted in J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida. http://www.fws.gov/dingdarling/

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SandraL
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SandraL

Florida, USA

Spotted on Jul 6, 2008
Submitted on Apr 2, 2011

Spotted for Mission

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