
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)
Yellow Crowned Night Heron
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8 Comments
Wow.
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!
I’ve taken many photos of this wonderful bird but never anything as striking as this. What a great shot! Thanks for sharing it.
Hahahahaha omg what a creeper!!!!
Great shot Sean!
Amazing. Never knew they could be so colorful.
Fantastic!
this bird must be very talent at hunting it prey, greaaaaat shot.
Very cool.