Juvenile Yellow-Crowned Night Heron

by Elizabeth Winter

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Juvenile Yellow-Crowned Night Heron

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Elizabeth Winter

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The Yellow-Crowned Night Heron is a spectacular bird found throughout most of the Americas with a preference for the warm, coastal regions. Although, who doesn’t prefer nice sandy beaches, right? The particular bird is also known as the American Night Heron or simply as the Squawk, which is fun to say and probably has something to do with the sound these birds make, however, I am not 100% certain of this. The Yellow-Crowned Night Heron had a relative known as the Bermuda Night Heron but this unfortunate bird became extinct as humans colonized their home. Hopefully our featured animal has finished grieving the loss of their cousin and doesn’t mind us poking around to catch a glimpse of them.

peaking of fair, the Yellow-Crowned Night Heron was hunted during the 18 and 1900’s since their mating feathers were a big hit amongst humans. Since then, the hunting has ceased but unfortunately, we have gone in and destroyed their habitat. You know those homes they stay in for 20 years….well, they are getting destroyed. Luckily, the population of these spectacular birds are mostly stable but who knows how long that will last if we continue to move into their coastal habitat.

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September 1st, 2017

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