We have both Yellow-crowned Night Herons, and Black-crowned Night Herons in our wetlands. These first two photos below show an adult Yellow-crowned Night Heron (l.) and a Black-crowned Night Heron (r.). These Night Herons look quite distinctly different from one another as adults, as can be seen. The juveniles below, however, look much more similar […]
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Just catching up after a long illness and wanted to share a few recent images from Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, since I haven’t been on WordPress for the past two months. I look forward to catching up with my fellow-bloggers’ posts in the coming weeks!☀️ This chubby little Gray Catbird climbing around on the mossy rocks […]
Black-crowned Night Herons usually hide away in the trees during the day and venture out at dusk to forage (FloridaHikes). This fellow found a nice secluded spot in the shade and was seen striking this same pose every day for awhile.
There’s a well-shaded pond (referred to as the “Alligator Hole”) where we can catch a glimpse of the Night Heron families each year, sitting up in the Cypress trees. There are both Yellow-Crowned Night Herons and Black-Crowned Night Herons here in our preserves. Both of these birds are large, but have shorter necks and are stockier than many of their more graceful, […]
As dusk closed in, the graceful flock of Glossy Ibis featured above sailed toward me in the waning light. From a distance, I wasn’t quite sure what they were, but as soon as I could discern their body shape and size, it was clear that these were Glossy Ibis and not some other wetland bird […]
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