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Yellow Crowned Night Heron

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Continued Observations of a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Colony

John W. Garbutt, Class of 2019 – On May 1st I set out to observe the herons hunting along the edge of the pond. I anticipated that with mouths to feed in the colony, I would find a lot of heron activity at sunrise. I laid on the ground using a Bald Cypress as a blind and its roots as a tripod as I awaited a heron to work its way toward me.

09/20/2023

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Jim Dulian – Crowning the Heron

INTRO On Jun. 18, 2019, I found a rather large light blue egg shell in our back yard. I didn’t know what kind of bird it had come from, but… Read More →

10/22/2020

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