Yellow-crowned Night Heron 3

The Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Nyctanassa violacea, occurs across much of the Eastern and Central US, eats crabs and prefers salt water. This one is in the mangrove swamp at West Lake in the Anne Kolb Nature Center, Hollywood, Florida. This swamp is an important ecological preserve having the last remaining large concentration of mangroves in the area. The Lake is an important spawning ground for many varieties of fish.