Yellow-Crowned Night Heron
Nyctanassa violacea
This bird is resident along the shores of coastal Mexico. On the Pacific, it ranges south to the equator. On the Atlantic and Caribbean, it can be found from the Gulf Coast south to southern Brazil. Their dietary specialty are crabs and other crustaceans.

Yellow-Crowned Night Heron(Nyctanassa violacea) |
Description: Our first landing on our way to the Archipielago de Revillagigedo was at Isla San Rogue, a seemingly barren rock of an island near the central coast of Baja California. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:11 9:23 |
Location:
Isla San Roque |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 340 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: YellowCrownedNightHeron_D5X4856 |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Yellow-Crowned Night Heron(Nyctanassa violacea) |
Description: With Western Gulls our first landing on our way to the Archipielago de Revillagigedo was at Isla San Rogue, a seemingly barren rock of an island near the central coast of Baja California. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:11 8:49 |
Location:
Isla San Roque |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: YellowCrownedNightHeron_D5X4758 |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Yellow-Crowned Night Heron(Nyctanassa violacea) |
Description: With Western Gulls our first landing on our way to the Archipielago de Revillagigedo was at Isla San Rogue, a seemingly barren rock of an island near the central coast of Baja California. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:11 8:43 |
Location:
Isla San Roque |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: YellowCrownedNightHeron_D5X4723 |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Yellow-Crowned Night Heron(Nyctanassa violacea) |
Description: (Nyctanassa violacea) Our first landing on our way to the Archipielago de Revillagigedo was at Isla San Rogue, a seemingly barren rock of an island near the central coast of Baja California Mexico, 2017-02-11. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:11 8:23 |
Location:
Isla San Roque |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: YellowCrownedNightHeron_D5X4641 |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Yellow-Crowned Night Heron(Nyctanassa violacea) |
Description: (Nyctanassa violacea) Our first landing on our way to the Archipielago de Revillagigedo was at Isla San Rogue, a seemingly barren rock of an island near the central coast of Baja California Mexico, 2017-02-11. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:11 8:11 |
Location:
Isla San Roque |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: YellowCrownedNightHeron_D5X4626 |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |

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