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Thursday, February 18, 2016

YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON IN THE BUSH, DING DARLING NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, SANIBEL, FL

   While driving along Wildlife Drive at Ding Darling we saw a group of people along the road with cameras and binoculars trying to find something in the bush.  Low and behold it was a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron.  It was very difficult to see in the thick bush, but finally we managed to get good photos of it.
   In the photo you can see the red eye, the stripped appearing face and the yellow near the base of the bill.  These are the typical field markings of a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron.



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