Saturday, January 05, 2008

Black-crowned Night-Heron



Black-crowned Night-Herons are found in wetland habitat. The ones shown(one is an immature) were taken in Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge. As the name somewhat implies they feed mostly at night and dusk and since they use the same habitat as other herons who feed in the daytime there is less competition for the food. This is not an uncommon bird but is often hard to see in the daytime.

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