{"id":41656,"date":"2016-09-02T05:32:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T11:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=41656"},"modified":"2025-06-11T09:15:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:15:53","slug":"gulf-shore-yellow-crowned-night-heron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/09\/02\/gulf-shore-yellow-crowned-night-heron\/","title":{"rendered":"Gulf Shore Yellow-crowned Night Heron"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Yellow-crownedYellow-crowned Night Heron and morning solitude – Nikon D200, handheld, f7.1, 1\/400, ISO 250, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 80-400mm at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This image was taken in June of 2009 at the north beach of Fort De Soto County Park<\/span><\/a> and I’ve always liked it.<\/p>\n

It was so quiet on the beach that day, as I recall I was one of the only bird photographers there and I saw very few other people.<\/p>\n

I did see and photograph this adult Yellow-crowned Night Heron standing on a grassy sand dune overlooking the Gulf of Mexico in beautiful, soft light.<\/p>\n

I sat on the sugar sand and photographed this night heron for about five minutes and enjoyed spending time with it alone.<\/p>\n

I knew at the time I would be leaving Florida and heading west so I savored every second that I spent watching the bird and hearing the waves push onto the shore of a place I held dear to my heart.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Yellow-crowned Night Heron photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I did see and photograph this adult Yellow-crowned Night Heron standing on a grassy sand dune overlooking the Gulf of Mexico in beautiful, soft light. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":148124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,25,704,2000,93],"tags":[4004,4039,5229,5132,9822,4077,627,626,3956,3957,4000,4156,4017,4235,4018,2315,313,3996,95],"class_list":["post-41656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-pinellas-county-florida","category-yellow-crowned-night-heron","tag-adult","tag-beach","tag-coast","tag-coastal","tag-dune","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-heron","tag-herons","tag-night-heron","tag-night-herons","tag-nyctanassa-violacea","tag-resting","tag-sand","tag-sand-dunes","tag-sky","tag-summer-3","tag-wading-birds","tag-water","tag-yellow-crowned-night-heron"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t