{"id":65424,"date":"2020-02-25T04:47:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T11:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=65424"},"modified":"2024-07-12T04:15:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T09:15:31","slug":"resting-adult-black-crowned-night-heron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/02\/25\/resting-adult-black-crowned-night-heron\/","title":{"rendered":"Resting Adult Black-crowned Night Heron"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RestingResting Black-crowned Night Heron adult \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

About two weeks ago I was able to photograph two Black-crowned Night Herons, one was immature and the other was an adult. I have already shared some photos of the immature night heron<\/span><\/a> and today I decided to share one photo of the adult.<\/p>\n

The adult Black-crowned Night Heron was resting on the phrags in the warmth of the rising sun and didn’t do much at all except turn its head now and then. I was delighted to photograph it though because I don’t see these night herons as much as I used to here in northern Utah.<\/p>\n

I’ve wondered if extensive phragmites mitigation at both Farmington Bay WMA<\/span><\/a> and Bear River MBR has had a part in seeing fewer of these striking night herons than in previous years. Black-crowned Night Herons prefer to have cover in their day to day lives and with less cover after phragmites removal they may have moved out into areas of the marshes surrounding the Great Salt Lake where there is still enough vegetation for these night herons to feel safe and secure from predators.<\/p>\n

At Bear River MBR the phragmites mitigation near the auto tour loop hasn’t just removed the invasive phrags it has also taken some of the native rushes and cattails down to their roots as well. With less cover birds like these night herons, bitterns, soras and rails have nothing much to hide in let alone suitable habitat for nesting and raising their young.<\/p>\n

The managers of our state WMA’s and the National Wildlife Refuges here in Utah are doing their best to eradicate the invasive phrags and I truly hope they can. Still, I am concerned because we are seeing far fewer of these night herons than we used to and that has me concerned.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

About two weeks ago I was able to photograph two Black-crowned Night Herons, one was immature and the other was an adult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,321,1022,697,26],"tags":[4004,1533,627,626,4094,4099,3956,3957,4292,4059,6428,4156,313,4095,373],"class_list":["post-65424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-black-crowned-night-herons","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-black-crowned-night-heron","tag-heron","tag-herons","tag-marsh","tag-morning-light","tag-night-heron","tag-night-herons","tag-nycticorax-nycticorax","tag-phragmites","tag-phrags","tag-resting","tag-wading-birds","tag-wetlands","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/black-crowned-night-heron-adult-in-phrags-mia-mcpherson-8597.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-h1e","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101968,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/04\/29\/adult-black-crowned-night-heron-in-flight\/","url_meta":{"origin":65424,"position":0},"title":"Adult Black-crowned Night Heron In Flight","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"April 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Almost a year ago I had this adult Black-crowned Night Heron in my viewfinder as it flew in front of the Promontory Mountains at Bear River MBR.","rel":"","context":"In "Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge"","block_context":{"text":"Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Black-crowned Night Heron flying in front of the Promontory Mountains, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/black-crowned-night-heron-adult-flight-mia-mcpherson-2033.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/black-crowned-night-heron-adult-flight-mia-mcpherson-2033.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/black-crowned-night-heron-adult-flight-mia-mcpherson-2033.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/black-crowned-night-heron-adult-flight-mia-mcpherson-2033.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":109677,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/01\/18\/immature-black-crowned-night-heron\/","url_meta":{"origin":65424,"position":1},"title":"Immature Black-crowned Night Heron – Where Are The Birds?","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 18, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"While going through my archives I found this photo of a fishing immature Black-crowned Night Heron taken 10 years ago today at Farmington Bay WMA.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Immature Black-crowned Night Heron fishing, Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/black-crowned-night-heron-young-fishing-mia-mcpherson-2077.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/black-crowned-night-heron-young-fishing-mia-mcpherson-2077.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/black-crowned-night-heron-young-fishing-mia-mcpherson-2077.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/black-crowned-night-heron-young-fishing-mia-mcpherson-2077.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":118586,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/11\/27\/winter-black-crowned-night-heron-in-flight\/","url_meta":{"origin":65424,"position":2},"title":"Winter Black-crowned Night Heron In Flight","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 27, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"While going through my archives this morning, I found this photo of a Black-crowned Night Heron in flight. 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