In the last few years, black-crowned night herons have been seen there.

Was that a dog barking or a night heron?

The four night herons in this genus are all monotypic.

It depicts a night heron with a mysteriously illuminated body.

This relatively small and dark night heron is found throughout a large part of sub-Saharan Africa.

The explosion in the population of sesarma crabs has provided additional food to night herons.

A few black-crowned night herons were still about.

A young white-backed night heron freezes in the light, its hunt interrupted at the river's edge.

They are the least known, most strictly nocturnal, smallest and overall rarest night herons.

Wade Island is also home to the largest black-crowned night heron rookery in the state.

The reed beds nearby are fishing grounds for night herons and pelicans.

The island is an important nesting site for waterbirds such as egrets and night herons.

Lightning gleams and a night heron's shriek travels into darkness.

But there were also night herons.

That night heron squawking-its cry was getting fainter, so it must be flying inland.

All the way back, I was followed by a black-crowned night heron who called to me with its staccato quack.

Squawking night herons became active at dusk, then chirping crickets.

The night herons nest within these trees.

The neck is longer in the day herons than the night herons and bitterns.

Several dozen fish-eating black-crowned night herons had also arrived.

Brown pelicans, kingfishers, night herons and frigate birds are often seen overhead.

The species included white ibis, Asian openbill stork and night heron.

Thus, the Réunion Night Heron probably became extinct around 1700.

Black-crowned Night Herons do not fit the typical body form of the heron family.

Silence had fallen over Salidar, the loudest sound the thin cries of night herons.