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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.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)

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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