Yellow-crowned Night-heron

Mystery Bird: Yellow-crowned Night-heron, Nycticorax violaceus

grrlscientist | August 30, 2009

tags: Yellow-crowned Night-heron, Nycticorax violaceus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Yellow-crowned Night-heron, Nycticorax violaceus, photographed at Bolivar Flats, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 24 July 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/750s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.

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