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Black crowned night heron(juv)

Nycticorax nycticorax

Photo by KarenSaxton
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Medium sized heron - the juvenile is striped brown, gray and white

Habitat:

Near bays - this one was freeloading in a seal enclosure at the Bahia Motel

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Comments (1)
annorion
cute pose in the second pic! Like he's checking himself out standing on one leg ;)

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PublishedDecember 29, 2011

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