{"id":27,"date":"2013-04-23T02:23:01","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T02:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/?p=27"},"modified":"2013-07-08T21:51:33","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T21:51:33","slug":"black-crowned-night-heron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/2013\/04\/23\/black-crowned-night-heron\/","title":{"rendered":"Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Black-Crowned Night Heron lives almost everywhere in the USA,\u00a0From the Great Lakes to Hawaii. This heron feeds on a diet of fish, and the occasional frog or newt. In the Great Lakes, it does not exactly live but stays there for the summer. This heron is one of the smaller herons, weighing 25 lbs.<\/p>\n<p>Below: In Hawaii&#8217;s forested floodplains, the Black-Crowned Night Heron, along with a few other birds, like Ibis, live on fish and amphibians, spearing them up with their sharp beaks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_4418.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-34\" alt=\"IMG_4418\" src=\"http:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_4418-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_4418-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_4418-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_4418-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Black-Crowned Night Heron lives almost everywhere in the USA,\u00a0From the Great Lakes to Hawaii. This heron feeds on a diet of fish, and the occasional frog or newt. In the Great Lakes, it does not exactly live but stays there for the summer. This heron is one of the smaller herons, weighing 25 lbs. 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