Yellow Crowned Night Heron


This yellow-crowned night heron was doing its best Navy SEAL impersonation on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Islands. The heron was slowly stalking its prey in a shallow channel.
Nikon D700 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 310mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/640th of a second (-0.33 ev)

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8 Comments

  1. Posted February 12, 2013 at 11:48 pm by Ribal | Permalink

    Wow.

  2. Posted February 13, 2013 at 6:55 am by Rachel Bellenoit | Permalink

    And I betcha you can plunk him down several miles into the ocean and he’ll make it back to land, too! Great shot that depicts behavior we don’t often see!

  3. Posted February 13, 2013 at 8:06 am by John Moore Sr. | Permalink

    I’ve taken many photos of this wonderful bird but never anything as striking as this. What a great shot! Thanks for sharing it.

  4. Posted February 13, 2013 at 10:00 am by Shardae | Permalink

    Hahahahaha omg what a creeper!!!!
    Great shot Sean!

  5. Posted February 13, 2013 at 11:16 am by Patricia | Permalink

    Amazing. Never knew they could be so colorful.

  6. Posted February 13, 2013 at 11:56 am by Phyllis | Permalink

    Fantastic!

  7. Posted February 13, 2013 at 9:35 pm by michael huber | Permalink

    this bird must be very talent at hunting it prey, greaaaaat shot.

  8. Posted February 14, 2013 at 9:39 am by Tom | Permalink

    Very cool.

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