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Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Photo by andyarct
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Field Notes

Description:

An adult flying away from it's roost for a night of fishing.

Habitat:

marshy areas with fish to eat, and trees to roost in.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
andyarct
Great John! They evidently breed on Woodley Island, Eureka during the spring & summer, and in fall they return to the sanctuary. In winter, at 'the Log Pond', when all the leaves are off the Willow trees, you can see up to 300 at once roosting in the trees! Something to look forward to for sure
john !
Was just there and saw several of them, amazing

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