Grenada: Yellow Crowned Night Heron

A Yellow Crowned Night Heron arrived shortly after sunset every evening in Grenada and walked along the beach catching fish and crabs. If anyone strolled by taking an evening walk, he'd screech loudly and fly to the roof of our cottage. While usually this happened early in the evening, one night he woke us screeching and landing with a loud thud. We took this photo early one morning before he flew off for the day.

Now that we are back in NJ, we are awaiting the return of our black-crowned night herons. Last year we saw our first one in the last week of March so we are hoping to see it return soon.

Jamaican Shore Birds at Goldeneye

 

Great Blue Heron

White-tailed Tropicbird

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

After 6 days at Geejam, we went to Goldeneye which had fewer trees but more beaches.
There was a reef about 200 feet off shore. A great blue heron would fish there every evening. There was a yellow-crowned night heron perched above our villa the first evening. In the morning white-tailed tropicbirds would soar in the breezes.

Yellow Crowned Night Heron at Frenchman's Cove

 

 

We like night herons. A few black-crowned night herons hang out at Lake Nelson during the spring and summer. We found a yellow crowned night heron in a tree in Frenchman's cove and then a juvenie in the freshwater stream that feeds into the ocean.

Yellow Crowned Night Heron

 

Florida Birds

It will take a while to sort through the photos, but here are four good ones from St. Pete.
Pileated Woodpecker, Roseate Spoonbill, Bald Eagles, Yellow-crowned Night Heron.