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Night Heron Juvenile


Night Heron Juvenile
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Copyright: Lindsay Cooke (cookie10) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 14 W: 0 N: 40] (410)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-05-05
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 1D Mark II, Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/800 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-09-06 23:04
Viewed: 1327
Points: 2
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Scientific name: Nycticorax caledonicus
Family: Ardeidae
Order: Ciconiiformes

The Nankeen Night Heron is a stocky heron with rich cinnamon upperparts, white-buff underparts, a black crown, and yellow legs and feet.Young birds are heavily spotted and streaked white, brown and orange-brown. As they mature, the black cap of the adult develops first, with the body plumage remaining streaked for some time. The Nankeen Night Heron is also called the Rufous Night Heron.

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Hi,
a sharp photo of an interesting bird.
compliments
Ryszard

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