Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

[dolina]

Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) by alabang, on Flickr

The black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), commonly abbreviated to just night heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia (where it is replaced by the closely related rufous night heron, with which it has hybridized in the area of contact).

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-crowned_Night_Heron

Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valenzuela,_Philippines

Settings: 1/1600 f/4.5 500mm ISO 1600

[seaslug]

That's a ripper shot! A slight colour cast on it (green) on my screen, but a beautiful representation of the bird in flight.

[P Plates]

Certainly is an awesome shot, very sharp, great detail and composition. It also looks a little green on my screen.