| Common Name: | Heron, Black-crowned Night- | | Scientific Name: | Nycticorax nycticorax | | Family: | Ardeidae | | Area: | Tingley Lake, Oregon | | Date: | June 29, 2012 | 
Black-crowned Night Herons are stocky birds with short necks. As the name implies, they are nocturnal feeders so may be hard to ever observe feeding. The juvenile in the bottom photo lacks the striking black and white colors of an adult as shown in the above photos. | 
Santee Lakes, California --- December 16, 2010 | 
Ahakhav Tribal Preserve, Arizona - - - February 2, 2010 | | Reference: | National Geographic Field guide to the Birds of Western North America by Dunn & Alderfer |
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