YELLOW CROWNED NIGHT HERON

This Yellow-crowned night heron is a gorgeous graceful bird, they are more solitary than the Black-crowned night heron and often more secretive, this species is quite common in some parts of the southeast, especially in coastal regions. It often feeds during the day as well as at night. Its stout bill is probably an adaptation for eating hard-shelled crustaceans. In some areas it is called “crab-eater”.
We had to wait an hour to take this amazing shot 🙂

Yellow-crowned Night-heron juveniles

Two of the Yellow-crowned Night-heron juveniles are peering over the edge of the nest, curious to see who was wading around in the water below them.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology