Black-crowned Night-Heron - a photo on Flickriver

            Interesting story about this heron: I took this photo in Santa Barbara Zoo. But this bird was not in captivity. It voluntarily was hanging around the Humboldt Penguin habitat which does not have a net on top.

I was curious about what I witnessed so I searched on the Internet and there are several photos of this same bird in different areas of the zoo, where it flies in and out.

Birds often rest on one leg to keep their feet warm. Remarkable that they don't tip over.

Adult night herons have very different colors than the juveniles, which have brown feathers, yellowish bill, yellow eyes and no cap. Easy to tell this adult apart with the black back, gray feathers, white belly, black bill, red eyes and black cap. 

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Taken in: United States / California / Pueblo Lands of Santa Barbara (show map)

Taken on: January 20, 2020

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Camera: Sony ILCE-7RM3, f/7.1, 1/320 sec, 309mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

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Lens:	FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
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Flash:	Off, Did not fire
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White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 11.1 (Macintosh)
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