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Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Photo by NoahGarbarino
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26.4866, -80.1598

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Description:

A juvenile night heron sits on the boardwalk at Green Cay nature center.

Notes:

It took me a while to finally identify this one. The adults look so much different that the younger birds

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Black-crowned Night Heron

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