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Black Crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax Nyciticorax

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Black crowned night heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

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Comments (6)
SusanEllison
i happened to shoot one yesterday http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6534908
IanMichaelIleto
a black-crowned night heron? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-crowned_Night_Heron
KarenP
some sort of smaller heron, could it be a black crowned night heron?
alicelongmartin
Sorry , his legs are not long enough to be a Blue Heron. Any dissenters?
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PublishedJune 19, 2011

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