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The black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) or black-capped night heron, commonly shortened to just night heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, including parts of Europe, Asia, and North and South America. In Australasia it is replaced by the closely related Nankeen night heron (N. caledonicus), with which it has hybridised in the area of contact.

Adults have a black crown and back with the remainder of the body white or grey, red eyes, and short yellow legs. They have pale grey wings and white under parts. One to eight (mostly two to four) long slender white plumes, erected in greeting and courtship displays, extend from the back of the head. The sexes are similar in appearance although the males are slightly larger. Black-crowned night herons do not fit the typical body form of the heron family. They are relatively stocky with shorter bills, legs, and necks than their more familiar cousins, the egrets and "day" herons. Their resting posture is normally somewhat hunched but when hunting they extend their necks and look more like other wading birds. For a short period during courtship at the start of the nesting season, the legs of adults turn bright salmon-pink, and the bare skin around the eyes blue.

Gundam At Night by Ballet Lausanne

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Divercity Tokyo, Aomi Tokyo

Night Topiaries by Katie Hansen

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Mickey, Minnie and Pluto at Epcot's Flower and Garden Festival.

Night Photography HDR by Ronnie Wiggin

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Night Photography HDR

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Night Flight by Lynn Reket

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Spending time in the airport is not always fun except when you experiment with your camera to pass the time. This shot was taken through the glass window of the waiting area at the Toronto airport. It was tricky to keep the reflections from the windows out of the image.

Deutschmeisterdenkmal at Night by Claus Triebenbacher

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The Deutschmeisterdenkmal in Vienna, unveiled in 1906, was the first monument not built for a person, but for a military unit: the Vienna house regiment "k.u.k Infanterieregiment "Hoch- und Deutschmeister" Nr. 4". The first Deutschmeister regiment was formed in 1696, the tradition is still carried on by an Austrian Armed Forces infantry batallion (reserve).

In the background is the Rossauer Kaserne (Rossau barracks), the Austrian Armed Forces HQ.

Taipei Night Market by Kenny Teo

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Taipei Night Market

Night in Amsterdam by Johnny Alien

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Night Moves by Adam Swank

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The Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C7.R driven by Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia, and Ryan Briscoe during nighttime at the 2014 Rolex 24 at Daytona.

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Night_046 by Allen Ramlow

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Holiday Night Downtown Austin

Night moods by Azulada_

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Night by steveh0030

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Night

Night walk by Alex Clark

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