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Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

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Description:

Photographed in the mudflats at the Albany Bulb.

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Black-crowned Night Heron

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Comments (5)
Dixie
Fantastic series!
Ashish
Melanie how cute bird you presented here...!! Great efforts..!!
JillyEnFuego
Look at how cute his fuzzy head is! Great shots!
ceherzog
Good shots...these guys are good looking but they do like to eat the eggs of nesting Snowy Plover eggs.

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2011 Best Wildlife Photo

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PublishedAugust 19, 2011

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