I didn’t flush up the yellow-crowned night heron. The Key deer did. But me slowing down on Watson Boulevard to get a better ...

In late June and early July, groups of yellow-crowned night herons will begin to leave their New Orleans nests. First they ...

Folk names for the yellow-crowned night-heron include qua-bird, Indian pullet, and crab-eater. Breeds from Mississippi River Valley to Gulf States and down to South America.

A yellow-crowned night heron flies away after being released at Newport Dunes in Newport Beach, CA, on Oct. 1, 2020. The injured bird was found on July 14, 2020, and was estimated to be about 7-days.

The beautiful yellow-crowned night heron is an ancient bird. According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the earliest recorded fossil of this species goes back two to two-and-a-half million years ...

The Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)is found in the Americas. The body and back are a smooth grey-blue, with a black scaled pattern on the ...

Other pets and wild animals often flee during explosive July Fourth displays, leaving behind abandoned nests and creating ...

Yellow-crowned night heron has pretty spontaneous whereabouts throughout the state of Iowa, even annually. The first specimen was recorded by John James Audubon in May of 1843 near Council Bluffs.

The scientific name of the black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) means “night raven” in Latin, reflecting its mostly nocturnal nature and its raven-like loud squawk. Black-crowned ...

A yellow-crowned night heron at Lincoln Park Zoo, a tale of bald eagle sightings rife with meaning, a rise in immediate-release fishing tournaments in Wisconsin and the meaning of opening day in ...