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Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Stanley Jones

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea violacea)
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Habitat
Gulf Prairies and Marshes vegetation area, commercial urban area, roadside borrow ditch at 30 m (98 ft) elevation.
Location
Emmott Rd just east of Windfern Road, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA.
Date taken
June 2024
Scientific name
Nyctanassa violacea
Equipment used
Canon
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Reactions: taffyboy, Ozprey1, Ignatius and 7 others
bievreJJ
nicely posing for you, Stanley, wonderful colors and details and great eye contact, a real topper, many tfs!!
 
Chris G6 UXU
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A superb detailed close up, pose, setting, lighting and capture Stanley, lovely job and many tfs.
 
jbpixels
Two outstanding beautiful birds today. Amazing capture of this night heron with envy alarm.
 
ammadoux
smart looking heron in excellent shot. just read this was recorded for the first time in western Europe somewhere.
 
Dabs
Lovely heron showing those wonderful white head plumes, Stanley.

Marvelous shot!
 

Media information

Category
North America
Added by
Stanley Jones
Date added
View count
392
Comment count
17

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon EOS R5
Aperture
ƒ/8
Focal length
500.0 mm
Exposure time
1/500 second(s)
ISO
500
Filename
Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Emmott Rd east of Windfern Road, Houston, Harris County.jpg
File size
5.5 MB
Date taken
Tue, 04 June 2024 5:55 PM
Dimensions
1920px x 1833px

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