Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron Plumage Display - The Bow
by Debra Martz
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Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron Plumage Display - The Bow
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Debra Martz
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Photograph - Photography
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Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron Plumage Display - The Bow
The males will perform a neck-stretching display for females by slowly raising and quickly retracting their head while at the same time fanning their long shoulder plumes. How fortunate I felt being at the right place at the right time to see this performance in person. I was on the north side of Grebe Marsh when I saw three of these herons fly overhead. Then I made my way around to the west side and could see all three on this old remains of a tree. Two flew in different directions but were still in my sight. The male, looking directly at the one just to my left began this display and as it was stretching back upward and retracting its feathers, the female nearest me took flight and he followed. The third remained on the pond.
Captured in April at the Estero Llano Grande State Park in Weslaco, TX near the Mexico border.
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April 16th, 2018
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Comments (22)
Kay Brewer
Congratulations on your great photo receiving a William's Wowie in the Wild Birds group! l/f
Sharon McConnell
Great capture, Debra - congrats on receiving a William's WOWie in the Wild Birds of the World group!
HH Photography of Florida
What an amazing pose and feather display. Great capture, Deb. Congratulations for being chosen for a WoWie in the Wild Birds of the World group.
William Tasker
Deb, you won a WOWIE! This awesome image has been chosen as one of the William's Wows found in the discussions tab of the group, Wild Birds Of The World.
Debra Martz
(Karen Silvestri featured your artwork in the group Lady Photographers and Artists) ..... Thank you very much for the feature!
Don Columbus
Congratulations Debra, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2018 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
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