Black-crowned Night Heron

* Birds Black-crowned Night Heron

Baby Night Heron

April 4, 2019March 29, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Nycticorax nycticorax

I saw a young Night Heron on the south shore of the Open Circle Viewpoint in late February. This one,

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* Birds Black-crowned Night Heron Not BUOW

Young Night Heron

February 23, 2019February 23, 2019 Mosey2014 2 Comments Nycticorax nycticorax

This light brown streaked bird perched on a rock just above water level minutes after sunrise on the south side

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* Birds Black-crowned Night Heron

Another Sleepyhead

October 14, 2018October 9, 2018 Mosey2014 Nycticorax nycticorax

Just a day after I saw the cormorant fast asleep on a nearby rock opposite the hotel, a Black-crowned Night

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* Birds Black-crowned Night Heron Burrowing Owl People

A Heron Hiding in Owl Land

August 14, 2018February 12, 2019 Mosey2014 Athene cunicularia, Nycticorax nycticorax

The Open Circle viewpoint is the only spot from which you can see the rocks on the east edge of

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* Birds Black-crowned Night Heron

Same Bird?

May 7, 2018July 31, 2018 Mosey2014 Nycticorax nycticorax

I saw a Black-crowned Night Heron on the southwest corner of the North Basin (directly opposite the hotel) on April

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* Birds Black-crowned Night Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron

April 12, 2018July 31, 2018 Mosey2014 Nycticorax nycticorax

Black-crowned Night Herons are a common sight some other places. For a while a whole tribe of them lived in

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North Basin: The Video

February 12, 2018May 1, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Actitis macularius, Aechmophorus clarkii, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Anas acuta, Anas platyrhynchos, Ardea alba, Ardea herodias, Arenaria melanocephala, Athene cunicularia, Aythya marila, Branta canadensis, Bucephala albeola, Bucephala clangula, Calidris minutilla, Cathartes aura, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Egretta thula, Elanus leucurus, Fulica americana, Gavia immer, Gavia stellata, Haematopus bachmani, Himantopus mexicanus, Larus canus, Larus delawarensis, Larus occidentalis, Limosa fedoa, Mareca americana, Mareca penelope, Megaceryle alcyon, Melanitta perspicillata, Numenius americanus, Numenius phaeopus, Nycticorax nycticorax, Oxyura jamaicensis, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Pelecanus occidentalis, Phalacrocorax auritus, Pluvialis squatarola, Podiceps auritus, Podiceps nigricollis, Recurvirostra americana, Sayornis nigricans, Sterna forsteri, Tringa melanoleuca, Tringa semipalmata

The North Basin is the body of water between Cesar Chavez Park and the Berkeley mainland. When I first started

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* Birds Black-crowned Night Heron Lincoln's Sparrow

No Owls, But Two New

October 19, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Melospiza lincolnii, Nycticorax nycticorax

After a four-day escape to Fort Bragg, which had the cleanest air in California at the time, I returned to

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