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Yellow Crowned Night Heron

Nyctanassa violacea

Photo by GayHybertsen
Published on Project Noah
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32.5839, -117.113

Field Notes

Habitat:

Coastal estuary

Notes:

Bird allowed us to approach & sat as if posing for it's picture. Listed as casual for California.

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Comments (2)
Ava T-B
Gay! Eric! So glad to see you on ProjectNoah with this great spotting! There's nothing you can do about PN putting you in National City -- that's what it does to me too. Welcome!
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PublishedOctober 21, 2011

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