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Yellow-crowned Night-heron

Nyctanassa violacea

Photo by SandraL
Published on Project Noah
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26.4545, -82.1006

Field Notes

Description:

Some kind of bird, maybe a crane? Very hard to photograph without a decent zoom or telephoto lens.

Habitat:

Water, marshlands, mangroves

Notes:

Common to find in Florida... this one was spotted in J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida.
http://www.fws.gov/dingdarling/

Species ID Suggestions

yellow-crowned night heron
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