Juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron I
by Dawn Currie
Title
Juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron I
Artist
Dawn Currie
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Photograph - Digital
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Photographic artwork by Dawn Currie. Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron photographed in T.M. Goodwin Waterfowl Management Area, Fellsmere, Florida.
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Black-crowned Night-Herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) are small herons with rather squat, thick proportions. They have thick necks, large, flat heads, and heavy, pointed bills. Adults are light-gray birds with a neatly defined black back and black crown. Immatures are brown with large white spots on the wings and blurry streaks on the underparts. Adults have all-black bills; immatures have yellow-and-black bills.
THey often spend their days perched on tree limbs or concealed among foliage and branches. They forage in the evening and at night, in water, on mudflats, and on land.
The best time to photograph these birds are just after sunrise and just before sunset. Though I have seen them at other locations, I find that the Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands in Viera Florida, the TW Goodwin Waterfowl Management area near Fellsmere Florida (where this photo was taken), and Gatorland in Orlando Florida are the best locations for observing and photographing these heron.
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January 27th, 2014
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Don Columbus
Congratulations Dawn, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Christopher James
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William Tasker
I think this species has the most beautiful juveniles! Fabulous capture! Your beautiful image has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World, a nature photography group. L/F
Morris Finkelstein
Beautiful portrait of a juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron with a great pose, light, perspective and composition, Dawn! F/L
Don Columbus
Congratulations Dawn, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2017 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Brian Tarr
Your bird photography is excellent Dawn and your description which inludes locations very helpful, L/F