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Black-crowned Night Heron. juvenile

Nycticorax nycticorax

Photo by joanbstanley
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Description:

Immature night herons have a gray-brown head, chest, and belly streaked with white. Their eyes are yellow and they have gray legs. Black-crowned night herons don't have adult plumage until they are about three years old.

Habitat:

Top of palm tree growing near shore in center of town.
I don' know how long it had been there before I spotted it, but it sat in the top of the palm watching all the people walking by below for several minutes after I took the photos before moving on.

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Black-crowned Night Heron

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PublishedJune 13, 2013

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