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Black-crowned Night-Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Photo by LauraFrazier
Published on Project Noah
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37.8938, -75.3565

Field Notes

Description:

Gray and white Night-Heron, about 25 inches tall

Habitat:

It was perched along the Beach Access Road at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia.

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Black-crowned Night Heron

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