CLOSED: Is this a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron?

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f_chisolm Florence, MS(Zone 8b) Jul 03, 2008

It looks sort of like a juvenile but the legs did not look right to me.

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Jul 03, 2008

Yep, juv Yellow-crowned Night Heron. The bill is slightly pale at the base, but not pale enough for Black-crowned, and also the white spots on the wing covert feathers are too small for Black-crowned.

Resin

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f_chisolm Florence, MS(Zone 8b) Jul 03, 2008

thank you Resin.

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