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Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Nyctanassa violacea

Photo by RedTopRanger
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Field Notes

Description:

Medium-sized rather stocky heron.
Black face and bill, with white cheek.
Yellowish crown stripe.
Gray body.
Legs yellow.

Habitat:

Sunning themselves in the early morning along the bank of a small pond.

Reference Links:

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Or…

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
QWMom
Wonderful! I'm thinking of heading there for my kids' Spring break this year! :)
RedTopRanger
Thanks! The morning I took this picture was one of the highlights of my life. At least 100 vultures were sunning themselves, dozens of scaups, hooded mergansers, night herons, egrets, etc! Couldn't believe what I was seeing. I'll upload another picture so you can get an idea of how many herons there were together.

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Wildlife of the South East, USA
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Backyard Birding Southeastern USA
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Wildlife of Georgia
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PublishedMarch 5, 2013

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