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Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Stanley Jones

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea violacea)
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Habitat
South Texas Plains vegetation area, floodplain of the Rio Grande, open area with lakes in Tamaulipan thornscrub riparian at 28 m (92 ft) elevation.
Location
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Pintail Lakes, south of Alamo, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA.
Date taken
May 2022
Scientific name
Nyctanassa violacea
Equipment used
Canon
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bievreJJ
the feather details are awesome, Stanley, and I love those colors, with warm, merging tones, a real wowzer, many tfs!!
 
KC Foggin
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This is one brilliantly detailed image of this Night Heron Stanley! 10 star rating guy!
 

Media information

Category
North America
Added by
Stanley Jones
Date added
View count
348
Comment count
12

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon EOS R5
Aperture
ƒ/7.1
Focal length
472.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1600 second(s)
ISO
320
Filename
Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Pintail Lakes, Santa Ana NWR.jpg
File size
1.7 MB
Date taken
Thu, 05 May 2022 9:46 AM
Dimensions
949px x 1024px

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