Night Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron [Photo by Ann Constantino]

We tend to think of herons as long and lanky but the Black-crowned Night Heron is short and stocky.  They prefer to feed at night.

Black-crowned Night Heron gathering nesting material

Black-crowned Night Heron gathering nesting material
[Photos by Ann Constantino

This handsome bird was building a nest when photographer and local birder, Ann Constantino, caught it with her camera. [To see more local wildlife, like her Facebook page here.]

Black-crowned Night Heron sitting on its nest.

Black-crowned Night Heron sitting on its nest.

If you have any photos of nests or birds building nests, we’d love to have you upload them in the comment section.

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Road Weary
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Road Weary
5 years ago

Green Herons are also small and stocky, more like King Fishers.

William Shakespeare
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5 years ago

Thank you ann for the great photos.

Debora Donoghue
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5 years ago

Herons are beautiful take many pictures of them ,great fishers too Taking off into the Iroquois in upstate NY.❤