Biological Name: Nycricorax nycticorax
 
Common Name: Black-crowned night heron
 
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Sighting location
Arboretum [x]
Bolsa Chica []
Carbon Canyon []
Casper []
Craig [x]
Gilman []
Home []
Hort []
Laguna Lake[x]
Newport []
Rancho []
Tri-city []
Yorba [x]
Other
 
Types seen
Male [x] Female [x]
Adult [x] Juvenile [x]
 
Log:
Date/Location Notes
05-06-2015/Craig Park six adults sitting along the lake banks; spotted one in one of their favorite sycamores having a duckling breakfast; a juvenile was also down at the dam spill, stalking a mom and her 5 ducklings.

 
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Nycricorax nycticorax

adult male/Craig Park/02-03-2015

Nycricorax nycticorax

adult female (likely)/Laguna Lake/02-04/-2015

Nycricorax nycticorax

juvenile male/Craig Park/21-12-2014

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adult female/Craig Park/22-04-2015

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juvenile male/Craig Park/22-04-2015

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juvenile male/Craig Park/22-04-2015

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adult/Craig Park/05-06-2015

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adult/Craig Park/05-06-2015