Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Elusive night heron becoming less elusive



We've heard about several recent sightings of the (formerly elusive) night heron in Tompkins Square Park of late… EVG regular Grant Shaffer took this photo last night, adding "it gobbled down a rat right in front of us — amazing!"

Or perhaps there is more than one night heron in the Park???

Anyway, the consensus among non-bird experts is that this is a yellow-crowned night heron … or a black-crowned night heron.

Whatever… it's crowned … it's a heron … and it has been eating rats in Tompkins Square Park.



Previously on EV Grieve:
The night heron apparently comes out at night in Tompkins Square Park
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11 comments:

  1. Laura Goggin PhotographyMay 26, 2015 at 10:01 PM

    Nice catch!

    And dang it, I keep missing it!

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  2. AnonymousMay 27, 2015 at 6:01 AM

    It's great that you post about non-human fauna of NYC.

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  3. AnonymousMay 27, 2015 at 8:35 AM

    Jesus, it's a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON for chrissakes!!

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  4. AnonymousMay 27, 2015 at 10:52 AM

    Eating rats? Waa?
    Are you sure? I didn't think rats were on the menu for these guys. How would they catch them? they're not raptors.

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  5. sam_the_manMay 27, 2015 at 11:47 AM

    Man, the heron dealers are really becoming a problem in the park these days.

    Thank you good night!

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  6. Eden BeeMay 27, 2015 at 12:46 PM

    It flew down right in front of me and I WAS SO SCARED.

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  7. AnonymousMay 27, 2015 at 6:24 PM

    11:47, I used that joke already on the last heron-related post. Unfortunately, it hasn't gotten any funnier since then.

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  8. AnonymousMay 27, 2015 at 11:19 PM

    Anonymous 6:24, You can't improve on perfection!

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  9. zincinkMay 31, 2015 at 3:50 AM

    Oooo beautiful bird :) •<

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  10. GriffinJuly 29, 2015 at 11:37 PM

    The other night a group of people saw the heron with a mouse on top of its head...?! Does anyone know about that or take any pictures??

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  11. UnknownJuly 20, 2018 at 1:05 AM

    Heron spotted in Washington Square Park eating rats July 19th midnight. Same one. Its apparently an easier meal than their daily commute from poaching frogs in the Meadowlands marshes

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