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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Nyctanassa violacea

Photo by LivanEscudero
Published on Project Noah
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25.9158, -80.1379

Field Notes

Habitat:

Mix pine and mangrove woods along river delta.

Notes:

This is at a park were I sometimes go kayaking. I saw them one year, but have not seen them again on subsequent visits. That year I saw the juvenile on pic 3,so I presume they were nesting here.

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