Black Crowned Night Heron
by Mary Jane Armstrong
Title
Black Crowned Night Heron
Artist
Mary Jane Armstrong
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This is an image of a medium-sized, stocky heron with short neck and legs, black upperparts, gray wings and white to pale gray underparts. It has a stout black bill, red eyes and yellow legs.
A little information about the Black-Crowned Night-Heron: It feeds on small invertebrates, crustaceans, vertebrates, mammals, the eggs and the young of other birds and plants. It has a direct flight with slow steady wing beats. The sexes are similar. Black-crowned Night-Heron: Breeds in parts of southcentral Canada throughout the U.S. (except Rocky Mountain region) to southern South America. Spends winters in southern half of U.S. Preferred habitats include swamps, streams, rivers, marshes, mud flats, and the edges of lakes that have become overgrown with rushes and cattails.
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October 17th, 2014
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