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YELLOW-CROWNED HERON & the more common GREEN HERON
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The Yellow-Crowned
Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) |
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This Yellow-crowned
night heron (Nyctanassa violacea) was photographed on Mead's Bay in June 2005. The bird
was also seen in East End Pond on two different ocassions. It is distinguished by its black face
with white stripe, red eyes, blue grey neck and
body , very pale yellowish forehead and buffy white crown. The
larger great blue heron was also seen in Grey Pond but not photographed. |
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The Green Heron (Butorides
virescens)
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| This mature Green Heron
was photographed at Mead's Bay Pond. It is
distinguished by its Chestnut neck, the white stripe
down the center of it's neck and it's white chin. |
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This bird is
often seen alone and with it's neck tucked back and body in an
alert stance. I saw it most often at the edge of ponds and could
get relatively close only if I moved slowly and
other louder alert birds such as
the black-necked stilts were not present
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photograph on the right shows a very similar bird with a
slightly different pattern. It is most probably a Juvenile Green
Heron but as an amateur bird watcher I cannot conclusively
exclude the identity as an American Bittern. |
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