Lately I have published several juvenile Night Herons, but this may be one of my best examples of an Adult Black-crowned.
This bird has all the colors, especially the ruby red eyes and green shading around the bill.
You can even see the long flowing top knot plume.
He sat on the wooden posts that make up the dike water gate, trunk, and let me take all these photographs. Night herons are notoriously shy so I was extremely fortunate with this one.
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Adult Black-crowned Night Heron – click to enlarge
Adult Black-crowned Night Heron – click to enlarge
Adult Black-crowned Night Heron – click to enlarge
Adult Black-crowned Night Heron – click to enlarge
Wonderful bird!
Thank you 😀😀
Wonderful photos of a very handsome bird!
They are beautiful birds. Usually shy so that made these even better to me .