It doesn't look like any of the wild birds that I've seen around. Made me think maybe it belongs to someone? Or, is it wild, and I just haven't seen any like it before?
I tried approaching it slowly, but it ran away from me. (Did not fly.)
Haven't seen any other bird like it before. Is anyone familiar with it?
2 comments:
rina,
It is a juvenile Black-crowned Night-Heron. Latin name is Nycticorax nycticorax; on of the tautonyms where the genus and the species is the same word in Latin. The reason it did not fly was because it was a juvenile bird.
Alisa, sent me to your blog.
Take care,
-- Vivek
Thank you, Vivek! Mystery solved. Is it unusual for a bird like this to be walking around in the middle of San Francisco? I've never seen another one like it here in the City.
-Trina
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