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Black-Crowned Night Heron


Black-Crowned Night Heron
Photo Information
Copyright: Manyee Desandies (manyee) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3067 W: 231 N: 6168] (21078)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-05-16
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon Powershot S1-IS
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Herons, Aquatic Birds III, Animal portraits [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-03-26 12:54
Viewed: 1188
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron was one that hatched in the rookery of herons and egrets established on a tiny islet in the middle of a suburban man-made lake near my house.

Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax

You can see a picture of an adult here

Identification Tips:
Length: 20 inches Wingspan: 44 inches
Sexes similar
Fairly small, stocky, short-legged and short-necked heron
Bill medium-sized and pointed
Tucks neck in close to body in flight and at rest, rarely extending it

Adult:
Red eyes, legs yellow
Black bill
Black crown and back
White face, throat, foreneck, chest and belly
Blue-gray wings
Two long, white, filamentous plumes extending from back of head in alternate plumage

Juvenile:
Eyes yellowish to amber, legs dull greyish
Yellow base to bill
Brown head, neck, chest and belly streaked with buff and white
Wings and back darker brown with large white spots at the tips of the feathers; spots especially large on the greater secondary coverts

Immature:
Acquires full adult plumage in its third year
First year birds are similar to juvenile, but have less extensive spotting on upperwings and a dark cap
Second year birds resemble the adult, but have a brown neck and wings contrasting with darker brown cap and back

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To Luc: comme ca?manyee 3 03-27 22:24
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  • Fisher Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1540 W: 309 N: 2234] (8915)
  • [2005-03-26 14:18]

You did well in capturing this one. Well done.
The only thing I would have done in the composition before the shot, having the bird's head to the left side having more space on the right, as it is looking in that direction.

Excelent work

Mike

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  • Toni Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 403 W: 2 N: 316] (2034)
  • [2005-03-26 14:27]

Great composition. He has a very intent look about him. Well done.

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  • VeTTe Gold Star Critiquer [C: 162 W: 0 N: 0] (684)
  • [2005-03-27 4:29]

sharpen and colors are very beautiful

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  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1490 W: 72 N: 1427] (4744)
  • [2005-03-28 11:22]

Excellent portrait! This is really good; POV, DOF & Compostion are all very good. Details are sharp aswell. TFS!

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1872 W: 304 N: 4301] (14733)
  • [2005-03-29 0:53]
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Hi Manyee!
You are very lucky to see such birds and to have a lake near your house. Je n'avais jamais vu de Bihoreau juvénile jusqu'à ce jour.
A little advice: just flip your picture horizontaly and remove some space behind the head, put that space in front of the heron and watch the visual impact. I would have made a WS but my limit of two is over for today.
I am very happy to see a such great picture taken with the S1 IS!
Thanks for sharing so beautifull picture with a complete note.

Very nice portrait of this Heron. It is sharp and the colours and exposure spot on. The compo could change and the advice given by Mike and Luc is spot on. Very well done.

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  • optic Gold Star Critiquer [C: 322 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2005-04-20 22:24]

Hello Manyee ! i love this heron, you did a perfect capture, nice colours & details. Dof is wonderfull,

Very well done !

Regards,

Christian

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2156 W: 322 N: 4258] (16906)
  • [2005-04-29 18:11]

Manyee, very nice mugshot.

Maybe focus is a bit soft, but that's a minor nit.

I have the feeling the bird is angry.

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