wildcritters Nature Photography

CRITTER PHOTO #6150 

Bird, Heron

Black Crown

       

Black-crowned Night Heron (j)

[Nycticorax nycticorax]

8/17/2026

Wellfleet Wildlife Sanctuary- Wellfleet MA

From a distance, this looked like a huge mushroom growing on a branch to my ancient eyes until I put the lens on it and realized it was just a juvenile black-crowned night heron looking down into the pond for a fish.

Photo# 6150

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