Morning Birds
Photographer Susan Black got to the park early and was rewarded with these images of three of the bigger birds:
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Black-crowned Night Heron
Night by Day
I hadn’t seen a Black-crowned Night Heron since last November (“In Early Light” Nov. 11 2021). Now this familiar bird
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In Early Light
A strange white shape drew my eye to the rocks below the Open Circle Viewpoint. Litter? The zoom lens showed
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My Birthday Birds
It was my birthday and my gift from the park was lots of birds. I saw the resident American Coot
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Young and Old
Shooting video of a Black-crowned Night Heron is almost a total waste of pixels. The bird seems to surpass all
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Heron Harassment
It was a minus 0.9 foot low tide, and the Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) had an appetite for seafood.
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Night by Day
Once again, the Night Heron works in broad daylight. It stood out like a flare against the rocks below the
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Powerful Leap
Standing still like an expert mime is the trademark of the Black-crowned Night Heron. This adult individual waits on the
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Saving Breath
It was 10:30 in the morning already, and plenty of people were up and in the park, so you’d think
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Wait For It
Photographer James Kusz had his camera ready when this Black-crowned Night Heron got ready to pounce, and did pounce, in
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Rock Steady
This bird held so still that at first I mistook it for a stone. The Black-crowned Night Heron easily outdoes
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Crow of the Night
A tree not far from the park entrance is the habitual perch of this Black-crowned Night Heron, seen here preening.
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Baby Night Heron
I saw a young Night Heron on the south shore of the Open Circle Viewpoint in late February. This one,
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Young Night Heron
This light brown streaked bird perched on a rock just above water level minutes after sunrise on the south side
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Another Sleepyhead
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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A Heron Hiding in Owl Land
The Open Circle viewpoint is the only spot from which you can see the rocks on the east edge of
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Same Bird?
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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Black-crowned Night Heron
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
The North Basin is the body of water between Cesar Chavez Park and the Berkeley mainland. When I first started
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No Owls, But One New
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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