The San Diego Audubon Society says that yellow-crowned night herons are not rare in San Diego County. But they are hard to spot. "We were like woah, look at that bird! It had yellow stripes here ...

I’ll also be profiling Yellow-crowned Night Heron plus taking your calls live on the air. That’s Bird Calls on March 18th at ...

Adult male: dull grayish olive above, paler whitish below, head boldly marked with white supercilium, blackish lores and eye line. Yellow crown bordered broadly with black. Orange in center of ...

Brownish back streaked with dark brown; breast, sides, and flanks grayish brown. Bill dusky above, pale below. Adult: yellow patch tops black crown; less distinct in winter. Immature: less ...