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Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Photo by peterlos
Published on Project Noah
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39.0685, -77.3444

Field Notes

Habitat:

shallow waters

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Black-crowned Night Heron

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Caleb Steindel
please consider adding this spotting to the water birds of pa mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/19604022 thanks!

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PublishedJuly 13, 2011

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