Yellow-crowned Nightheron

Yellow-crowned Nightheron, Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize - TR_130320_CTWS9273

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Ludo Sak

Lion

Beatiufiul, magnificent too, and lined out on this near horizontal slightly slanting branch in the background. Amazing. Not easy to capture I bet, given the zoom. Did it have a predictable flight pattern? Posted 12 years ago

Tony Rath

Lion

Hi Ludo, no I did not have a predictable flight path, was in a boat with the 400 on a tripod coming around a bend. Saw the bird perched and barely had time to focus and burst shoot. Was very lucky! Posted 12 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  I'm sure experience and skill played a major part as well :) Excellent job, Tony. Posted 12 years ago

The Yellow-crowned night heron

The yellow-crowned night-heron, is one of two species of night herons found in the Americas, the other one being the black-crowned night heron. It is known as the Bihoreau Violacé in French and the Pedrete Corona Clara in Spanish.

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Similar species: Pelicans, Herons, Ibises

Species identified by Ludo Sak