Yellow Crowned Night Heron Kiss The Water #1

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Yellow Crowned Night Heron Kiss The Water #1

Artist

Paul Rebmann

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Photograph - Photograph

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A yellow-crowned night-heron standing in shallow water and just touching it's beak to the water's surface.

This image has been featured in the following groups:
500 Views Share Group (10/28/22),
A Birding Group - Wings (4/20/16)
& The 200 Club - best photos with over 200 views up to 500 (4/21/16)

Yellow-crowned night herons are mostly nocturnal feeders, but can sometimes be seen in the mornings or before dusk searching for their favorite meal of crabs or crayfish.
These wading birds are found throughout Florida and along the coastal areas of the Gulf of Mexico year round. Nyctanassa violacea range in wetlands throughout the southeastern United States in the spring and summer breeding season, occasionally north to the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River. They are more likely to be found along the coast than black-crowned night herons, which are more likely inland.
A medium-sized stocky heron 55-70 cm (22-28 in.) long with a gray body and yellow legs. The bill and face are black, with white cheeks and a yellowish crown stripe. Immature Nyctanassa violacea are brown with tiny white spots on the wings and narrow indistinct streaks on the underside. The black bill helps differentiate these young birds from immature black-crowned night herons, which have yellow in their bill.
(Subject description from the artist's Wild Florida Photo website www.wildflphoto.com)

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July 19th, 2014

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