night heron

Bihoreau gris - Nycticorax nycticorax - Night Heron

Trying to have a little afternoon nap on a warm day, this yellow-crowned night heron would open one eye to watch people pass by from about 12 feet away - once determined to not be a threat, the eye would close again.

A year-round bird for us, often found along the salt marshes and mangroves along the coast as well as in the freshwater wetlands. Despite the name, they're out day and night, and feed anytime on various crawfish and crabs, as well as fish, frogs, and anything else they can nab. The...

Night Heron hoping to catch dinner. Nycticorax, Nyctanassa, and Gorsachius

Young Night Heron at Taylor Creek Park.

Young Night Heron at Taylor Creek Park in Toronto Ontario.

Todville Rd, Seabrook. Amazing shot of a bird onlooking the waterfront city!

Managed to catch him just as he took flight. Not great focus due to the distance from him and the motion of the boat on the water. Still, I am happy I caught him in flight.

Black crowned night-heron on Lake Powell rocks near Lone Rock, showing white streak feather across back Not as clear as I would like but we were quite a ways away and on a boat rocking with the water.

The night herons are medium-sized herons, 5865 cm, in the genera Nycticorax, Nyctanassa, and Gorsachius This photo was taken at Bundala National park in Sri Lanka perched on a tree branch with a nice background and I just rush to take this beautiful snap.

Scowling view. It ignored or didn't notice me when I took the first few photos, turned and "scowled" at me, then resumed ignoring me and looking out over the pond.

Side/rear view

Front view

A juvenile.

Another shot with the Tamron, hand held. Not brilliant but three weeks ago I would not have got the bird in the frame.

I think this is a juvenile black crowned rather than Yellow crowned night heron, but after staring at the pics in my field guides, I'm not sure. I suppose I could have watched it for 3 more months to see how the adult plumage turned out.....

Night Heron, adult. Brenne ( Berry). July 2016.

A study of a juv. Night heron based on a video I took last week at Poing Wildtierpark close to Munich.An unusual sighting here, I pressume he spends his summer in parks ponds , because of food availability.

Caught this first year, Black-crowned Night Heron catching little fish and shrimp in the shallows of the estuary. I will post a fun picture of one of it's captures tomorrow!! I know, I know, the suspense is killing you! But I have already posted two other photos so.....

You just know it has to be pretty darn hot for the local Herons to just plop down in the water and sit there!! This Black-crowned sat there for nearly an hour before climbing out onto a branch, drying off ands flying up into the dense foliage This not a great photo, as it was a long ways...

In doing my research for this weeks article, I was digging thru my photo logs, and found this shot of the Black-crowned Night Heron. It was actually born right in the marina that I live and work in, so I have gotten to watch it grow to maturity! Such a lovely bird, until he decides to spend the...

I have been cleaning out files and ran across this from a story I did on the Night Herons. He was eating fiddler crabs in the low tide area.

Adult. Rare winter visitor/passage migrant to Singapore.