Black-crowned Night Heron

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Young and Old

September 8, 2021September 1, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 68 Views 0 Comments Nycticorax nycticorax

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

June 20, 2021August 31, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 158 Views 0 Comments Ardea herodias, Nycticorax nycticorax

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

May 26, 2021May 19, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 124 Views 0 Comments Nycticorax nycticorax

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

September 24, 2020September 13, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 253 Views 0 Comments Nycticorax nycticorax

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

September 17, 2020September 20, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 329 Views 0 Comments Fulica americana, Nycticorax nycticorax, Tringa semipalmata

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

July 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 332 Views 0 Comments James Kusz, Nycticorax nycticorax

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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Dry Heron

June 27, 2020June 18, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 297 Views 0 Comments James Kusz, Nycticorax nycticorax

I’m so accustomed to seeing the Black-crowned Night Heron in the wet that I forget it’s perfectly at home in

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Rock Steady

June 6, 2020June 5, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 396 Views 0 Comments David Hauer, Nycticorax nycticorax

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

March 5, 2020February 21, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 383 Views 0 Comments David Hauer, Nycticorax nycticorax

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

April 4, 2019March 29, 2019 Mosey2014 831 Views 2 Comments 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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Young Night Heron

February 23, 2019February 23, 2019 Mosey2014 843 Views 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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Another Sleepyhead

October 14, 2018October 9, 2018 Mosey2014 983 Views 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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A Heron Hiding in Owl Land

August 14, 2018June 7, 2021 Mosey2014 1383 Views 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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Same Bird?

May 7, 2018July 31, 2018 Mosey2014 1387 Views 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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Black-crowned Night Heron

April 12, 2018July 31, 2018 Mosey2014 1604 Views 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 20, 2020 Mosey2014 2454 Views 2 Comments 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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No Owls, But Two New

October 19, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1349 Views 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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