Heron Fishing Success
by Jennifer White
Title
Heron Fishing Success
Artist
Jennifer White
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A beautiful Yellow-Crowned Night Heron had just captured a crawdad / crawfish meal for lunch just inside a cave in Springfield Missouri, United States. He or she is holding it in it's mouth. This is natural spring coming out of this cave that is called Galloway Creek. The cave is located in Sequiota Park and I took this during the spring season The Yellow Crowned Night Heron is one of two night herons. It is a stocky wading bird ranging from 1 foot to 2 and half foot tall. The females are smaller than the males. The body and back are a smooth grey-blue, with a black scaled pattern on the wings. During courtship their yellow legs will turn to a coral / pink / red color. Also during mating season, long, thin, white feathers grow to the back of the crown. Their bills are black or dark blue. They have a faint yellow / off white stripe on top of their head, which is where they got their name from.
This has been featured in the following groups:
-5.3.19 Animal Photographs
This photo was taken by Jennifer White with Timeless Moments Photography. All images are copyrighted © Timeless Moments Photography/Jennifer White. All rights reserved.
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May 3rd, 2019
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