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Black-crowned Night-Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Photo by DonnaPomeroy
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

immature Black-crowned Night-Heron stalking through the cattails along a small freshwater pond.

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Comments (2)
Maria dB
like the stalking pose in the second photo
KarenL
What a comical looking little guy!

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PublishedFebruary 6, 2012

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