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Yellow-crowned Night Heron Juvenile
onlybill

Yellow-crowned Night Heron Juvenile (Nycticorax violacia)

note: photos posted in appreciation of the fine people who run Bird Forum and the wonderful members!
One more thing-it is possible this is a black-crowned juvenile. I have been guilty of mis-identification of juvenile night-herons before.
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Habitat
Freshwater
Location
Brazos Bend State Park, Texas
Date taken
8-07-09
Scientific name
Nycticorax violacia
Equipment used
Sony A700~Sony70-400G
M
Hi William,
Sorry to say, but, I believe this photo is an excellent capture of a juvenile Black-crowned Night heron in flight. My thinking is that the body is too compact to be a juv Yellow-crowned and the feet, I think, are a bit too yellow.
 
onlybill
Hi Maryson. You are correct sir! I am a bit better at ID since I took the picture, and the most obvious difference is the bill (beside the postion of tail/trailing legs). Good catch. regards~Bill
 
M
Thank you, onlybill, but one more correction, please. My BF online name is Marysan, a female, and not Maryson, a male.
 
onlybill
I stand corrected again. I see ---Mary from San Diego! regards~Bill Just noticed my website is wrong, need to update. Should be avianimagesource.com
 

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