Black-Crowned Night Herons at Asiaworld (August 19, 2004) Photo Gallery by romy ocon at pbase.com

Black-Crowned Night Herons at Asiaworld (August 19, 2004)

The sun shone the whole morning today at Asiaworld reclamation site. And the Black-Crowned Night Herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) took to the air with gusto, as if celebrating the brief respite from the rains.

IMG_9798.jpg Black-crowned Night-Heron Scientific name - Nycticorax nycticorax Habitat - Uncommon, roosting in trees often near water during the day, flying out in loose flocks at twilight to feed in a variety of wetlands from ricefields to mangroves.	IMG_9853.jpg Black-crowned Night-Heron Scientific name - Nycticorax nycticorax Habitat - Uncommon, roosting in trees often near water during the day, flying out in loose flocks at twilight to feed in a variety of wetlands from ricefields to mangroves.	IMG_9784.jpg Black-crowned Night-Heron Scientific name - Nycticorax nycticorax Habitat - Uncommon, roosting in trees often near water during the day, flying out in loose flocks at twilight to feed in a variety of wetlands from ricefields to mangroves.	IMG_9831.jpg Black-crowned Night-Heron Scientific name - Nycticorax nycticorax Habitat - Uncommon, roosting in trees often near water during the day, flying out in loose flocks at twilight to feed in a variety of wetlands from ricefields to mangroves.	IMG_9783.jpg Black-crowned Night-Heron Scientific name - Nycticorax nycticorax Habitat - Uncommon, roosting in trees often near water during the day, flying out in loose flocks at twilight to feed in a variety of wetlands from ricefields to mangroves.
IMG_9689.jpg Black-crowned Night-Heron Scientific name - Nycticorax nycticorax Habitat - Uncommon, roosting in trees often near water during the day, flying out in loose flocks at twilight to feed in a variety of wetlands from ricefields to mangroves.	IMG_9762.jpg Black-crowned Night-Heron Scientific name - Nycticorax nycticorax Habitat - Uncommon, roosting in trees often near water during the day, flying out in loose flocks at twilight to feed in a variety of wetlands from ricefields to mangroves.	IMG_9772.jpg Black-crowned Night-Heron Scientific name - Nycticorax nycticorax Habitat - Uncommon, roosting in trees often near water during the day, flying out in loose flocks at twilight to feed in a variety of wetlands from ricefields to mangroves.	IMG_9700.jpg Black-crowned Night-Heron Scientific name - Nycticorax nycticorax Habitat - Uncommon, roosting in trees often near water during the day, flying out in loose flocks at twilight to feed in a variety of wetlands from ricefields to mangroves.	IMG_9643.jpg Black-crowned Night-Heron Scientific name - Nycticorax nycticorax Habitat - Uncommon, roosting in trees often near water during the day, flying out in loose flocks at twilight to feed in a variety of wetlands from ricefields to mangroves.
IMG_9667.jpg Black-crowned Night-Heron Scientific name - Nycticorax nycticorax Habitat - Uncommon, roosting in trees often near water during the day, flying out in loose flocks at twilight to feed in a variety of wetlands from ricefields to mangroves.	IMG_9664.jpg Black-crowned Night-Heron Scientific name - Nycticorax nycticorax Habitat - Uncommon, roosting in trees often near water during the day, flying out in loose flocks at twilight to feed in a variety of wetlands from ricefields to mangroves.	IMG_9649.jpg Black-crowned Night-Heron Scientific name - Nycticorax nycticorax Habitat - Uncommon, roosting in trees often near water during the day, flying out in loose flocks at twilight to feed in a variety of wetlands from ricefields to mangroves.	IMG_9627.jpg Lesser Coucal Scientific name - Centropus bengalensis Habitat - Common in grassland and open country, often perched at top of grass.	IMG_9633.jpg Lesser Coucal Scientific name - Centropus bengalensis Habitat - Common in grassland and open country, often perched at top of grass.
IMG_9743.jpg Chesnut Munia Scientific name: Lonchura malacca Habitat: Ricefields, grasslands and open country.

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romy ocon		19-Aug-2004 22:12
Thanks, Mal. The Bigma is really a fine poor man's birding lens...8-)

mal Jenkins		19-Aug-2004 17:52
Wow, don't think I have ever seen such clear sharp photos. Have been looking at your shots for a while now and I am very very impressed. Keep up the good work regards Mal

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