Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Yell0w-crowned Night Heron perched on a downed tree near water plants.
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Fort Worth Nature Preserve Marsh Boardwalk, Fort Worth, TX, August 1, 2021
Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Tamron 150-600 mm lens; 483 mm; ISO-640; f/10; 1/640 sec.

This page is for the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea). My first photographic evidence of the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron was on August 1, 2021 at the Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX. This bird was apparently there when we arrived at the boardwalk, and sat there posing for at least 20 minute. The best photograph I have taken of the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron to date (above) is the August 1, 2021 photograph at Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX.

The following photograph is the best representative image from a different date and location than my species representative example.

Yellow-crowned Night Heron on the edge of a dam spillway looking for food.
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Mineral Wells State Park, Mineral Wells, TX, September 5, 2021
Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Tamron 150-600 mm lens; 600 mm; ISO-3200; f/11; 1/800 sec.
Yellow-crowned Night Heron perched on a large limb of a tree.
Yellow-crested Night-Heron, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, March 27, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens; 500 mm; ISO-500; f/7.1; 1/2000 sec.
Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron slowly walking in the shallow water at the edge of a pond in search of food.
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, June 18, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1250; f/10; 1/320 sec.
Yellow-crowned Night Heron perched on the Marsh Boardwalk hand rail. It had just shaken its whole body leaving a lot of dust and other particles floating in the air beside it.
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, July 10, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-5000; f/10; 1/1250 sec.
Yellow-crowned Night Heron perched in a tree.
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, July 30, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-250; f/10; 1/500 sec.
Yellow-crowned Night Heron walking across the TCU campus.
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, TCU, Fort Worth, TX, June 8, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 24-105 mm L-series lens; 105 mm; ISO-100; f/4; 1/160 sec.
Yellow-crowned Night Heron walking across the TCU campus.
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, TCU, Fort Worth, TX, June 8, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 24-105 mm L-series lens; 105 mm; ISO-200; f/4.5; 1/500 sec.