Yellow-crowned night heron

Figure 1 – Yellow-crowned night heron, Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, FL, (c) DE Wolf 2024

The other “night heron” in Southwest Florida is the Yellow-crowned (Nyctanassa violacea). The subject of Figure 1 was photographed at the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island.

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