Black-crowned Night Heron

      As recently as a year ago, it was next to impossible to get close enough to a black-crowned night heron to get clear, unobstructed photos.  I took these two photos (below) during the summer of 2009.  That was the closest I'd ever been able to get to them.

     In July 2010, however, I found that they'd grown used to humans coming within ten meters of them.  After taking the following photos, I discarded most of the other photos I had taken of black-crowned night herons.

     (For more information on the black-crowned night heron, click here.)