Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Hi Steemians... Maybe we all know the beach, with beautiful mangrove forests on its shores. But for me, not only is the beach beautiful, but thousands of beautiful birds adorn the beach. one of which is Black-Crowned Night Heron ( Nycticorax nycticorax ).

Canon EOS-1D X | Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x | 700.0mm · f/8.0s · 1/4000s · ISO 800

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This bird can be found all over the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia. likes to play in the waters, mangrove forests, to find food also breed. You can read the description of this bird in the quotation below, or directly in the link Wikipedia

The breeding habitat is fresh and salt-water wetlands throughout much of the world. The subspecies N. n. hoactli breeds in North and South America from Canada as far south as northern Argentina and Chile, N. n. obscurus in southernmost South America, N. n. falklandicus in the Falkland Islands, and the nominate race N. n. nycticorax in Europe, Asia and Africa. Black-crowned night herons nest in colonies on platforms of sticks in a group of trees, or on the ground in protected locations such as islands or reedbeds. Three to eight eggs are laid.

I took this picture in 2015, on the coast of Meulaboh Aceh, hope you guys like it.

Canon EOS-1D X | Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x | 700.0mm · f/8.0s · 1/4000s · ISO 1000

Canon EOS-1D X | Lens EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM | 400.0mm · f/11.0s · 1/160s · ISO 1000

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