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Black-Crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Photo by SargonR
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Black-Crowned Night Heron sitting on the edge of one of the shrimp ponds on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. Guess this bird was smart enough to realize that the man-made shrimp ponds up here make for easy meals!

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Birds of the World
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The Color Blue
Achilles Tang
O'ahu, Hawai'i
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedApril 26, 2014

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