Yellow-crowned Night Heron - ann liebner
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Location

Upper Little Swatara Creek
Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
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Map
Map Coordinates: 40.5744454, -76.3535339
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

Heron was perched on blowdown on right side of creek as Kayak floated upstream. It was hunched at first leading me to think it was an Immature Green Heron. However, it was obviously larger when it stood up and flew upstream Cell photos were downloaded to computer and since I'm not familiar with night herons, photos were sent to more experienced birders who ID as Yellow-crowned Night Heron Immature. Although photos were taken with a cell phone, size, shape, bill, markings and length of wing to tail, should be enough to confirm ID. The Heron did not vocalize.

Technical information

Model
SCH-I545
ISO
50
Focal length
4.2 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/2.2
Shutter speed
1/403 sec
Dimensions
4128 pixels x 2322 pixels
Original file size
5.31 MB