Day of the Night Heron

(photos by Hien Nguyen)

The rookery at the Ocean City Welcome Center is home to newly hatched Night Herons… So adorable!

1. Black-crowned Night Heron.

2. Female heron: “What took you so long?” Note that one egg still had not hatched.

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3. Male heron passing twig to female.

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4. Yellow-crowned Night Herons

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planning redecoration

5. While he flew away to look for other twigs, she tidied up their nest.

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