yellow-crowned night heron

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea violacea) Youngster beginning its first summer.

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea violacea)

Same heron, same day, as this photo. I forgot to upload this one. https://www.birdforum.net/gallery/yellow-crowned-night-heron-display-plumage.660454 He was showing off to another heron, which I assume was a female. Now and then he would dip like this and make a "bwoo" noise. I'm not sure if she...

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.

Another shot of this handsome fellow.

I assume this is a male. He was showing off to a prospective partner in another tree. Video clips: https://www.birdforum.net/threads/yellow-crowned-night-heron-courtship-behavior-photos-video-footage-not-a-question-or-concern.406407/

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...

Yellow-crowned Night-heron (juvenile) in spread-wing posture likely for thermoregulation.

Yellow-crowned Night-heron

Was riding with camera on my back when I spotted this yellow-crowned night heron. As curious about new friend as I.

Sorry about the quality. The backlight glare was really more than I knew how to handle, and there was no way to get on the other side of this bird. So I had to just grab what I could, since this was my first (and so far still only) Yellow-crowned Night Heron.

This was in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic just outside of the hotel grounds. It flew in from across the nearby mangroves to perch proudly on a partially lit palm tree. Unconcerned with my prescence unlike the eight other species of heron in the area, I seized the opportunity to get some shots...

Yellow-crowned Nightheron (Nyctanassa violacea subsp. violacea) Sexes similar. South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center, South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, USA. Along the board walk into South Laguna Madre Bay. Barrier Island, bay side. This will be my last post for about...

Caught this night heron doing a nice slow (Read Easy to photograph) fly by as I was photographing herons on the tidal flat

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea subsp. violacea) Pasadena, Harris County, Texas, USA. Urban setting in a drainage way. Coastal prairies and marshes vegetational area at 9.1 m (30 ft) elevation.

A Yellow-Crowned Night Heron in flight over Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, Florida.

He was hiding from me but curious too.

I've tried for days to get a shot of this elusive bird but the only times I saw him, I didn't have my camera. UntilI got him just before sunset.

I've tried for days to get a shot of this elusive bird but the only times I saw him, I didn't have my camera. UntilI got him just before sunset.

A juvenile Yellow-Crowned Night Heron at Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, Florida.

Galapagos version of this new world heron

This young Yellow-Crowned Night Heron's adult plumage is just starting to come in.

A juvenile Yellow-Crowned Night Heron at Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, Florida.