I photographed this beauty at the annual birding festival on Galveston Island along the Gulf of Mexico. This Yellow-crowned Night Heron flew over and perched in a tree right in front of us. See the twig in its beak. It is breeding season and nests need maintenance.
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Excellent image Don 👍🏻
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Thanks, Joe.
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Nice.
the title sounds like that of some spy drama 🕵️😉
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Sort of like “The Mysterious Days of the Night Heron: a Big Bird Mystery.” Yes, that could actually sound like a title I would read on my Kindle. How fun! ;)
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Excellent image, Don. They are such beautiful birds.
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Thank you Jane. The yellow-crowned night heron is, indeed, an elegant thing.
We are very fortunate to have Galveston Island with its birding riches. There is a wonderful variety of wading and shore birds on Galveston Island — almost every variety of egret and heron; spoonbills; ibis; avocets and stilts; and wintering sandhill cranes.
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Lucky you! 👏🏻
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