Wildlife Feature | Black-crowned Night-Heron

The Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) are the most widespread heron in the world. I spotted these unique birds were found in the wetlands of Southern California. Every bird has some sort of unique characteristic they share; Night-Herons don't disappoint with their striking gaze. Who do you think would win in a staring contest - you or a Black-crowned Night-Heron?
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Shot on a Fujifilm X-T3 using the XF 100-400mm lens with a 1.4x teleconverter.
Black-crowned Night-Heron Facts:
They can be found mostly in the evenings (hence the name) within fresh, salt and brackish wetlands, marshes, streams, lakes and reservoirs as their habitats.
Adults have all-black bills while juveniles have yellow and black bills.
Their diet consists of fish, krill, crustaceans, frogs, insects, small mammals and sometimes even small birds!
They tend to hunt on their own, but will nest together in colonies.
Some colonies have been known to stick together for more than 50 years.
A breeding Black-crowned Night-Heron will take care of any chick that is placed in its nest, including ones that aren’t theirs.
Juveniles leave the nest at only 1 month old and cannot fly until 6 weeks.
They can live for about 20 years in the wild.
Other names: Night Heron, Black Capped Night Heron, Quawk, Quok, Crabcracker in English; Martinete, Martinete Común Perro de Agua, Guaco, Garza Bruja, Huairava, Boca d’agua Rey Congo, Yaboa Real, Guanabá, Guanabá de la Florida in Spanish; Savacu in Portuguese; Bilhoreau gris, Héron bilhoreau, Coq de nuit, Coq d'eu, Crabier bois, Crabier grosse tête Bilhoreau a couronne noire in French; Nachtreiher in German; Kwak in Dutch; Кваква in Russian; Natthäger in Swedish; Goi-sagi in Japanese; Lapay in Pilipino (Philippines); Kowak in Indonesian; Ye lu in Chinese.

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Many thanks! 🙏

[@citrus_sweet]

Does anyone know the deal with these guys? They always fly up far to close for comfort and just follow you around until you leave their lake. It's weird.

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Aditya ❤yadav

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If you know not the sex of the juvenile I would say "it's". If you know the sex I would say his or hers.