Black-Crowned Night Heron Chick

[larryj]

This rather unattractive fellow is a Black Crowned night heron chick, photograph on Bird Island located in the Denver City park lake.

 

[AlanLichty]

Doesn't appear all that unattractive to my feeble eyes. Nice capture.

 

[JimFox]

Super cool Larry.

I need to check out Bird Island some time. Is there a best time to go?

 

[larryj]

Doesn't appear all that unattractive to my feeble eyes. Nice capture.

Hi Alan, thanks for your comments, appreciated!
The adult night herons are a beautiful bird and this chick IMO is ugly by comparison!

 

[larryj]

Super cool Larry.

I need to check out Bird Island some time. Is there a best time to go?

Thanks Jim for the cool comment, appreciated!

The best time to go there is between June and August. The shot below was taken on August 5th and shows 3 Snowy Egrets juveniles just starting to fly.