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What bird is this? Houston area

Posted on 4/19/25 at 9:55 pm
Posted by thadcastle
Member since Dec 2019
2843 posts
Posted on 4/19/25 at 9:55 pm


Googling it I think it might be a yellow crowned night heron but wasn’t sure. It hung out in my yard for quite a while
Posted by 308
the backwoods of Mississippi
Member since Sep 2020
3176 posts
Posted on 4/19/25 at 10:07 pm to
Great Blue Heron?
Posted by pussywillows
Member since Dec 2009
6563 posts
Posted on 4/19/25 at 10:10 pm to
yes, yellow crowned night heron...
Posted by White Bear
Deer-Thirty
Member since Jul 2014
17391 posts
Posted on 4/19/25 at 10:20 pm to
Confidence decoy.
Posted by Epaminondas
The Boot
Member since Jul 2020
5830 posts
Posted on 4/19/25 at 10:56 pm to
Night heron aka gros bec.
Posted by dat yat
Chef Pass
Member since Jun 2011
4924 posts
Posted on 4/19/25 at 11:25 pm to
Black crested night heron.
Posted by pussywillows
Member since Dec 2009
6563 posts
Posted on 4/19/25 at 11:39 pm to
quote:

Black crested night heron.



assuming you mean black crowned night heron, but that is not this bird...it is a yellow crowned night heron...the white "stripe" under the eye is the key to its id...
Posted by Koolazzkat
Behind the Tupelo gum tree
Member since May 2021
3332 posts
Posted on 4/20/25 at 5:39 am to
A crawfish eater.
Posted by Big_country346
Member since Jul 2013
3869 posts
Posted on 4/20/25 at 6:05 am to
He’s a Mexican bird, they call him gros bec.
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
28667 posts
Posted on 4/20/25 at 6:50 am to
Those Herons are good to eat,
Posted by Big_country346
Member since Jul 2013
3869 posts
Posted on 4/20/25 at 6:57 am to
quote:

Those Herons are good to eat,


legedly
Posted by Mr Sausage
Cat Spring, Texas
Member since Oct 2011
15619 posts
Posted on 4/20/25 at 8:36 am to
Don’t let one nest over your house or where you park a car.
Posted by sta4ever
Member since Aug 2014
17514 posts
Posted on 4/20/25 at 8:38 am to
First you make a roux
Posted by NewIberiaHaircut
Lafayette
Member since May 2013
12377 posts
Posted on 4/20/25 at 9:26 am to
Yellow-crowned Night Heron. It was chosen by Houstonians through a contest and officially declared the city's bird by Mayor Sylvester Turner in 2019. Bird of Houston baw.
Posted by 225Tyga
Member since Oct 2013
19533 posts
Posted on 4/20/25 at 9:28 am to
Blue Herron
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
34241 posts
Posted on 4/20/25 at 11:22 am to
John Folse's brother's bird
Posted by DomincDecoco
RIP Ronnie fights Thoth’s loafers
Member since Oct 2018
11794 posts
Posted on 4/20/25 at 4:14 pm to
Shoot it and make a roux.

No limit
Posted by SkintBack
SoLo
Member since Nov 2015
1887 posts
Posted on 4/20/25 at 4:55 pm to


Got one that hangs out at my house often.
Posted by oldskule
Down South
Member since Mar 2016
24043 posts
Posted on 4/20/25 at 7:37 pm to
Some type of Heron....
Posted by 007mag
Death Valley, Sec. 408
Member since Dec 2011
3923 posts
Posted on 4/20/25 at 7:59 pm to
Gros bec, need a recipe?
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