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yellow-crowned night heron

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    Yellow-crowned Night-heron
    • IDidiot
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    • florida heron mangroves nyctanassa violacea yellow yellow-crowned night heron
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  2. Biking and Birding...

    Biking and Birding...

    Was riding with camera on my back when I spotted this yellow-crowned night heron. As curious about new friend as I.
    • David Roach
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    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  3. Backlit

    Backlit

    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.
    • Doc Duck
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    • yellow-crowned night heron
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: North America
  4. yellow-crowned night heron

    yellow-crowned night heron

    • bievreJJ
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    • yellow-crowned night heron
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: North America
  5. Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    • peterday
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    • nyctanassa violacea pauper yellow-crowned night heron
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  6. Yellow-Crowned Night Heron

    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...
    • Malachi1
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: The Caribbean
  7. Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    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...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • cameron county nyctanassa violacea south padre island texas usa yellow-crowned night heron
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  8. Cruising along......Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    Cruising along......Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    Caught this night heron doing a nice slow (Read Easy to photograph) fly by as I was photographing herons on the tidal flat
    • Thomas P Brown
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    • la paz tidal flats yellow-crowned night heron
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  9. Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    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.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • harris county nyctanassa violacea pasadena texas usa yellow-crowned night heron
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: North America
  10. Yellow-Crowned Night Heron

    Yellow-Crowned Night Heron

    A Yellow-Crowned Night Heron in flight over Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, Florida.
    • Proavis
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    • florida yellow-crowned night heron
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  11. Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    He was hiding from me but curious too.
    • Ronsphotos
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    • antigua bird outdoors yellow-crowned night heron
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: The Caribbean
  12. Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    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.
    • Ronsphotos
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    • antigua yellow-crowned night heron
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: The Caribbean
  13. Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    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.
    • Ronsphotos
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    • antigua yellow-crowned night heron
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: The Caribbean
  14. Yellow-Crowned Night Heron

    Yellow-Crowned Night Heron

    A juvenile Yellow-Crowned Night Heron at Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, Florida.
    • Proavis
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    • florida yellow-crowned night heron
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    • Category: North America
  15. Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    Galapagos version of this new world heron
    • njlarsen
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    • ecuador espaniola galapagos nyctanassa violacea punta suarez yellow-crowned night heron
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  16. Yellow-Crowned Night Heron

    Yellow-Crowned Night Heron

    This young Yellow-Crowned Night Heron's adult plumage is just starting to come in.
    • Proavis
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    • florida yellow-crowned night heron
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
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    Yellow-Crowned Night Heron

    A juvenile Yellow-Crowned Night Heron at Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, Florida.
    • Proavis
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    • florida yellow-crowned night heron
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  18. My First Sighting

    My First Sighting

    Seven Yellow-crowned Night Herons (6 in this photo; one adult and 5 immature).
    • CurtMorgan
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    • Category: North America
  19. In the Shadows

    In the Shadows

    Yellow-crowned Night Heron hides in the shadows while keeping a wary eye upon our approach.
    • Jim F
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    • heron st. kitts yellow-crowned night heron
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: The Caribbean
  20. Yellow-crowned Night Heron (adult)

    Yellow-crowned Night Heron (adult)

    Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea subsp. caliginis) Sexes similar with juveniles being different than adults. Puerto Jeli, El Oro Province, Ecuador. Low tide along Rio Piloto in Puerto Jeli at ca. 0.5 m (1.6 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • ecuador el oro province nyctanassa violacea puerto jeli subsp. caliginis yellow-crowned night heron
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  21. Yellow-crowned Night Heron (juvenile)

    Yellow-crowned Night Heron (juvenile)

    Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea subsp. violacea) Juvenile. Photographed in Galveston Island State Park, northeast of Jamaica Beach, Galveston County, Texas, USA. Barrier Island, coastal prairie at ca. 3 m (10.7 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • galveston county galveston island state park jamaica beach nyctanassa violate texas usa yellow-crowned night heron
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: North America
  22. Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea violacea) Photographed in Onion Creek just above the lower falls in McKinney Falls State Park, south Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA. Onion Creek at ca. 168 m (550 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • austin mckinney falls state park nyctanassa violacea onion creek texas travis county usa yellow-crowned night heron
    • Comments: 24
    • Category: North America
  23. Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    The reason for this head shot was that bird was to close and I could'nt move away, plus I was trying out a 1.4 tc.
    • tetoneon
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    • yellow-crowned night heron
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    • Category: North America
  24. Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    Taken from a boat in the Honey Island Swamp near Slidell, Louisiana.
    • Dwooddon
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    • louisiana yellow-crowned night heron
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  25. Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) Most authors recognize six subspecies while a few only recognize five. Caliginis occurs along both coasts of Panama and subspecies cayennsis occurs in eastern Panama. Bancrofti occurs along the Pacific Coast from Mexico to Guatemala, El Salvador...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • costa rica guanacaste province nyctanassa violacea playa hermosa yellow-crowned night heron
    • Comments: 27
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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