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Black-crowned Night Heron (juvenile)

Nycticorax nycticorax

Photo by James McNair
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Field Notes

Description:

Juvenile of this lovely bird. Adults are blue and white with black skull cap. The blood red eyes of adults are slightly more orange in the juvenile

Habitat:

Wetlands

Notes:

I see these birds fairly often hanging out with other Herons and Egrets

Reference Links:

Black-crowned night heron

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PublishedOctober 15, 2015

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