Yellow-crowned Night-Herons

I went walking downtown today hoping to get some street shots. While I was on the riverwalk I spotted these two birds building a nest. The one on the left would fly away, then return with a stick and give it to the other bird, beak to beak. In no time at all they had quite a group of people watching their nest-building activity and taking photos. No one there could identify the birds so I had to look them up . . . Yellow-crowned Night-Herons! Not exactly the street shot I had in mind for today but they were definitely my favorite subjects for the day.

[gloria jones]

Excellent capture...great clarity, details

[Shy Abel]

great capture!

[Diane]

Fantastic capture. Great focus. Nice birds. Fav

[Lisa Malecki]

yay. great shot.

[Richard]

Wow...terrific find! I have never seen that bird before. And excellent capture! Fav for sure!

And if you are on the Riverwalk Friday or Saturday you might pass my wife and daughter! :)

[Milanie]

What neat fun to watch! I've never seen one of these birds - really interesting markings and colors. Wonderful detail.

[Karen]

Fantastic shot! Great background

[Gayle]

@seattlite Thanks so much for your comment and fav, Gloria! :-)

[Gayle]

@shylaine3304 Thank you, Erika! I appreciate your comment and fav! :-)

[Gayle]

@dianeburns Thank you so much for your comment and fav, Diane! :-)

[Gayle]

@lisainstpete Thanks for your comment and fav, Lisa!

[Helen Jane]

It is great when this project gets us looking things up and extending each other's knowledge. Must have been a fascinating watch. You got a good capture of them both with their nest.

[Gayle]

@woodlandsphotog Thanks so much, Richard! I appreciate your comment and fav! This was a new bird for me. :-)

There will be some Fiesta activities going on Friday and Saturday, will your wife and daughter be attending any of those events? Most of the Fiesta events are next week, culminating with the day parade on Friday and night parade on Saturday. :-)

[Gayle]

@milaniet Thank you, Milanie! I appreciate your comment! This was a new bird for me as well! :-)

[Gayle]

@karens54 Thanks so much for your comment, Karen! :-)

[Gayle]

@helenhall Thank you, Helen! I appreciate your comment! We did have a great time watching them. :-)

[Irene Marshall]

Great shot love the detail Fav.

[Chris K]

beautiful birds and how lucky you were to be able to watch their nest building

[ShirleyB]

Wonderful capture and how nice to be able to stand and watch their behaviour.

[HelenM]

Fabulous composition and focus.

[bkb in the city]

Great capture and fun watching them build the nest

[Francesca Ciarrocchi]

Great shot!

[Merrelyn]

Great capture Gayle, how lovely to see them building their nest :)

[Stephanie Swift]

Great capture and description!

[Kerri Michaels]

awesome....fav

[Richard]

@gaylewood The timing with Fiesta was just by chance. Tomorrow is the end of one of medical school course module so it was a great time for my wife to visit. Since Fiesta will be going on they do intend on doing some exploring at some of the activities.

[Gayle]

@irene111 Thanks so much for your comment and fav, Irene! :-)

[Gayle]

@cruiser Thanks for commenting, Chris! It was very interesting watching their nest building! :-)

[Gayle]

@helenm2016 Thank you for your comment, Helen! :-)

[Gayle]

@shirleybankfarm Thanks for commenting, Shirley! It was fun watching their nest building! :-)

[Gayle]

@frappa77 Thank you, Francesca! I appreciate your comment and fav! :-)

[Gayle]

@bkbinthecity Thank you, Brian! Yes, it was fun watching their nest building! :-)

[Gayle]

@merrelyn Thanks so much for commenting, Merrelyn! It definitely was a lovely experience! :-)

[Gayle]

@tristansmum Thank you for commenting, Stephanie! :-)

[Gayle]

@moviegal1 Thanks so much for your comment and fav, Kerri! :-)