Black-crowned Night Herons typically forage at night or early morning, however these BCNHs were out late morning.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Black-crowned Night Herons
We headed back to the Click Ponds once again yesterday. If you like herons and egrets, you would not be disappointed at the ponds right now. In addition to the large numbers of Great and Snowy Egrets, there are also numerous Little Blue Herons, juveniles and adults, Least Bitterns, Great Blue Herons, Green Herons, and Black-crowned Night Herons. Today I saw three adult and two juvenile BCNHs.
Black-crowned Night Herons are stocky, medium sized herons typically found in wetland habitats. They most often forage for fish, frogs, lizard, and snakes.
Black-crowned Night Herons typically forage at night or early morning, however these BCNHs were out late morning.
This juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron made several passes above us as it searched for a place to land.
Black-crowned Night Herons typically forage at night or early morning, however these BCNHs were out late morning.
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These pictures are fantastic Tammy....... compliments.
ReplyDeletegreetings, Joop
Hi Tammy!!!.. Beautiful pictures of this Black-crowned Night Herons .. similar to the Spanish (Martinete)... Bye bye.. ;-)
ReplyDeleteGreat shots Tammy. We fortunately had 2 juvenile birds last year at Stodmarsh on the reserve.
ReplyDeletePreciosas fotos Tammy, el ave es parecida a nuestro martinete.
ReplyDeleteSaludos!!
Awsome wing shots Tammy, I only got fleeting glimses of that bird at Ding-Darling.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Gordon.
I really love how the adult Black-crowned Night Heron's look. That red-red eye, the dark cap. Awesomeness!
ReplyDeleteLovely shots of birds in flight. So nice!
ReplyDeleteExcelentes fotos de belas aves....
ReplyDeleteCumprimentos
I love BCNH's, they are fascinating birds!
ReplyDeleteHi Tammy !
ReplyDeleteYou are still very active with your camera I see, it's fun to follow your nature through the year, and see that our nordic nature are some weeks behind you .... This time I like your pic number three best of them all, a good composition with a diagonal in it, very well done again Tammy !
Unas fotos espectaculares del martinete. Felicidades Tammy. Saludos desde Extremadura.
ReplyDeleteI love that first photo, lighting looks great and the DOF is spot on. I envy the wildlife that you have on your doorstep to shoot.
ReplyDeleteShaun Valleys ShutterBug
Great Herons Tammy, beautiful images.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photo's especailly number 3.
ReplyDeleteGreets Irma
I love the third shot. Great detail in the feathers and color!
ReplyDeleteFantastic shots, Tammy! I've never seen a Black-crowned Night Heron except in photos. They're beautiful birds.
ReplyDeleteOK Tammy, come clean, they are just stuffed birds nailed on their perches aren't they! :-) Fantastic shots, they are so well framed and focussed. The immature looks very similar to our Nankeen Night Herons in Australia. Wonderful post, congratulations. Cheers, Richard
ReplyDeleteBRILLIANT!
ReplyDeleteThose Night Herons are quite difficult to "shoot" here in France and difficult to find.
They keep hidden most of the time!
The flight of the Crowned Heron is fantastic!
Wonderful series!
Cheers Tammy!
Bellas tomas, la tercera imagen me ha cautivado, el encuadre...el vuelo ,la forma. Buen disparo.
ReplyDeleteSaludos.
Bellas tomas, la tercera imagen me ha cautivado, el encuadre...el vuelo ,la forma. Buen disparo.
ReplyDeleteSaludos.
Wonderful photos Tammy!!
ReplyDeleteSome more lovely images Tammy, a really smart bird too.
ReplyDeleteFantastic shots of the heron.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
Mette
Tammy, awesome photographs of the Black-crowned Night Herons! They are such cool looking birds. My parents live on the west coast of Florida and I always look forward to photographing these herons as well as the other birds you mentione, when I visit. How fun it must be for you to see all the juveniles at this time of year.
ReplyDeleteStunning captures, Tammy. Especially the in flight heron. I have not encountered a Black-crowned Night Heron. I might have to check out the Click Pond too :)
ReplyDeleteHey Tammy,
ReplyDeleteGreat shots!! Wonderful to see waiting this special heron for a little fish.
Also flying with outspread wings you have him beautifully portrayed.
Well done Tammy!!
Many greetings,
Marco
Hola Tammy resuelto el problema que teneia con acceso al blog vuelvo a comentarte,pues ya tnia ganas de ver tus magnificas imagenes.Bonita selecion de fotografias.Un fuerte abrazo.
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