Black Crowned Night Heron Picture Gallery
The Black-Crowned Night
Heron is a little over 2 feet tall and is active, as the name
implies, mostly at night. This handsome bird can also be seen
frequently in early mornings. The startling red eye is an identifying
feature, if you can get close enough to see it, although it is hard to
mistake this adult bird for any other. However, the juvenile
black-crowned night heron (see below) is often mistaken for the adult
limpkin or the juvenile yellow-crowned night heron.
The Canon EOS Digital Rebel single lens reflex
(dSLR) camera was employed for most of the bird photos below. It was
equipped with a Sigma zoom lens 200-500 mm, sometimes with a 1.4 tele-extender.
All photos on the page are downsized and compressed for loading speed.
The high resolution 6.3 megapixel images are archived offline.
A click on each picture brings
up a larger image. Use your BACK button to return to this page.
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Adult Black-Crowned Night Heron
poses in late morning
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The shy juvenile black-crowned
night heron (above) can easily be confused with the adult
limpkin.
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