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Black-crowned Night-Heron

Black-crowned Night-Herons often spend their days perched on tree limbs or concealed among foliage and branches and normally feed between evening and early morning, avoiding competition with other heron species that use the same habitat during the day.

 

Their diet includes leeches, earthworms, insects, crayfish, clams, mussels, fish, amphibians, lizards, snakes, turtles, rodents, birds, and eggs.

 

They are social birds that tend to roost and nest in groups, although they typically forage on their own.

 

Source: The Cornell Lab of Ornithology

 

Taken at Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, Florida.

 

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Uploaded on May 29, 2018
Taken on April 18, 2018