Portrait of Black Crowned Night Heron Aukuu
by Heidi Fickinger
Title
Portrait of Black Crowned Night Heron Aukuu
Artist
Heidi Fickinger
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Print
Description
The brilliant red eyes and long wisp of a white feather emerging from the black crown of this water bird makes for easy identification. This heron stood motionless for quite a long time before taking flight. In Hawai'i, these birds are known as the 'Auku'u and are gregarious and unlike mainland U.S. birds, those in Hawai'i are diurnal (they hunt both during the day and at night). The species uses a variety of shallow wetlands for foraging and employs various techniques to capture a diversity of prey including insects, fish, frogs, mice, and the young of other native waterbirds.
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February 7th, 2017
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Comments (4)
Shoal Hollingsworth
I love photographing Black Crowned Night Heron, there is just something about them that always makes me want to point a camera at them. This is a fantastic image, great detail and color.
Heidi Fickinger replied:
I agree. These are wonderful birds - such variety of color and forms in their plumage. Thank you very much for your comments.
Don Columbus
Congratulations Heidi, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2017 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
William Tasker
Hi Heidi! I love these birds! Your beautiful image has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World. L/F
Heidi Fickinger replied:
Hi William. I love these birds also :) The one long white feather and their red eyes are wonderful. Thank you for the feature.
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