Black-crowned Night Heron at Big John’s Pond

By Corey • July 10, 2010 • 8 comments

On one of my recent visits to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge I was fortunate enough to come across a cooperative Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax very close to the blind at Big John’s Pond. It was not the first cooperative bird I have seen there and I am sure that it won’t be the last. Enjoy these few digiscoped shots of the night-heron and may you see one as well soon!

And, of course, I’m not the only one who likes Big John’s Pond…

This post has been submitted to Bird Photography Weekly #98. Go check it out!

Tags: herons and egrets, Jamaica Bay, night herons

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Corey

Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

8 Responses to “Black-crowned Night Heron at Big John’s Pond”

sara Jul 10th, 2010 at 2:37 am
Very nice portraits with underlying physics motifs (e.g. fluid viscosity and specular reflection)!
Meredith Jul 10th, 2010 at 10:45 am
Wow Corey! Those are breathtaking!
Jochen Jul 10th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
The last pic is slightly blurry, out of focus, ey?
Oh, I get it, it’s a reflection, right?
dreamfalcon Jul 11th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
very nice close-ups!
Bob K Jul 12th, 2010 at 5:51 am
Wow! Real up close shots of the BCNH!! We saw a couple fly over this morning as we were stalking the skulking Yellow Bittern.
rp Jul 12th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
Nice Capture
Halcyon Jul 13th, 2010 at 9:27 am
Wow! I love that reflection. And what great up-close shots.
Lana Jul 17th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
Beautiful! I envy you your digi-setup!