Black-Crowned Night Heron - May I Join You?
by Patti Deters
Title
Black-Crowned Night Heron - May I Join You?
Artist
Patti Deters
Medium
Photograph - Photography, Digital Art
Description
"Black-Crowned Night Heron - May I Join You?" by Patti Deters. Two Black-Crowned Night Herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) interacting in the tree tops, with the one in flight perhaps asking to join the one perched among the pine cones. Mostly active at night, these small water birds prefer to avoid competition with their larger day-time hunting waterfowl, such as herons and egrets. During daytime, these avian roost in groups, but are not often seen as they nest deep in the trees. Towards dusk the herons leave their perches and head towards the edges of water where their short legs and compact body help them hide as they hunt. Night herons are eye-catching and colorful, with yellow legs, a white feathery chest, black crown, and long white plumes on the back of their head - though most striking is the bright red glassy eye that really make them an exciting species of wildlife to find and photograph. These particular birds were photographed separately in Fergus Falls, Minnesota on a partly cloudy spring day. If you like this outdoor nature composite, please share or see my main image gallery (wildlife, animals, environment, more) at https://patti-deters.pixels.com.
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May 23rd, 2021
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Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the feature archive discussion. There are many other discussions in the group where you can promote your art even further more.
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2021 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2021 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L
Debra Martz
Superb capture! Congratulations on your well deserved Dawn's Delight recognition in Wild Birds of the World group!!
Dawn Currie
Congratulations! You are one of 10 Dawn’s Delights for 6/27/2021!! This fine image of an identified wild bird is now featured on the homepage of Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group. Please take a moment to add it to the 2021 Features Archive and Thanks discussion for additional visibility.
Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your beautiful artistic work is Featured on the home page of the "Bedroom Art Gallery" group. 5/28/21 l/f/pin
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