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Tag: Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Huntington Beach State Park, 9/9/2013

Huntington Beach State Park, 9/9/2013

September 18, 2013December 23, 2019 Scott Simmons Leave a comment

My daughter and I decided to drive seven hours up to Myrtle Beach to visit my parents who were renting a house there. We had a fun weekend. The last morning before we left, we had a couple hours to do some birding. So my father and I went over to the Huntington Beach State […]

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Yellow-crowned Night Heron on Wekiva River

Yellow-crowned Night Heron on Wekiva River

June 25, 2013December 23, 2019 Scott Simmons Leave a comment

This afternoon after work I took a kayak down the Wekiva River for about an hour to see what I could find for my June Challenge (finding as many birds as you can in one county during the month of June). It was really fun to find a Yellow-crowned Night Heron nest. I saw one […]

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Emperor of the Glade

Emperor of the Glade

May 21, 2012December 22, 2019 Rick Lieder 1 Comment

Searching out rumors of light, a Night Heron slips past evening’s commotion, ignoring the hot and confused air, emperor of the glade. • Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea

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Birds with “Blown Eyes”

Birds with “Blown Eyes”

February 29, 2012November 25, 2014 Mia McPherson 1 Comment

Because I am a bird photographer I get to see and photograph our beautiful feathered friends, learn their habits and behaviors and sometimes I get to take a look at unusual conditions in the birds themselves. The Yellow-crowned Night Heron above exhibits what I and other bird photographers have come to call “blown eye”. Both […]

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