r/AlwaysANightHeron

Always a Night Heron via a local birding group (not my pics)

This black-crowned night heron caught me by surprise whilst on a walk. Managed to snap some shots, stood eerily still, which made for some decent photos. Barring the Shoebill, it has to be the scariest looking bird right?

Edit: Was taken at the Lisbon Zoo and caught me by surprise as it wasn't a species that was officially in the Zoo. It was a wild heron that had found the penguin exhibit intriguing.

But is it yellow or black-crowned?

Seen in Fort Desoto Park, Florida, US, late June. Unimpressed with my presence, did not deign to sing (or croak) for Merlin. I’m not from Florida and am weak on my wading birds. Help a tourist out?

Was out birding this morning and saw what I thought were some turns or gulls out on the water... they were Black-crowned Night-herons doing their best duck imitation!

(Bonus Great Blue Heron photobomb.)

They left for a few hours and then came back. When are they supposed to be active, how likely is it to leave. Its cool but I want to be able to use my yard.

Friend in Turks & Caicos sending me all her cool bird pics and this yellow-crowned night heron was so intense 😅 a dinosaur fa sure (shared w permission 🫶🏼)

Poor crab took a long time to die. The heron kept dropping and picking him up- just put the guy out of his misery already !!!😭

Inspired by a post here

Pardon the wiggly quality.

Original post about the gloomy BCNH here

This photo from six years ago came up on a daily photo digest email that I received this morning. I remember taking this picture and feeling a bit dismayed as I like turtles, too. At least it appears to be one of the many invasive red-eared sliders we have. Englewood, CO, USA.