Hey, you're supposed to be nocturnal.
Anyhow, as you can tell from his shadow, I saw this guy at a little past noon today.
Black Crowned Nights are the most widely spread herons in the world. As such, their presence or absence is often used as an indicator of ecological health. Their conservation status is LC (Least Concern), so they have healthy populations.
They breed all over the US in the summer, then migrate to Mexico for the non-breeding winter months.
Their diet consists of fish, lizards, snakes, rodents, invertebrates, eggs. They grasp their prey and don't stab it with their bill. They nest in trees or cattails in groups. This fellow (or lady) was hanging out on a rock next to the crossing bridge.
Guess he's up for a late night snack.
[Photo: Black Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) Click photo to enlarge]
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