Wildlife Photograph - Nankeen or Rufous Night Heron by Mr Bennett Kent

Nankeen or Rufous Night Heron is a photograph by Mr Bennett Kent which was uploaded on March 5th, 2014.

Nankeen or Rufous Night Heron

Originally titled Return to Beauty, this is a shot of a Nankeen Night Heron, also known as a Rufous night Heron or Nycticorax caledonicus... more

by Mr Bennett Kent

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Title

Nankeen or Rufous Night Heron

Artist

Mr Bennett Kent

Medium

Photograph - Canvas Prints, Photographs

Description

Originally titled Return to Beauty, this is a shot of a Nankeen Night Heron, also known as a Rufous night Heron or Nycticorax caledonicus
It has the most beautiful coloured plumage, the feathers reportedly the colour of nankeen cloth, but I would describe it more like cinnamon, with subtle pink hues. It is a ,medium to small heron and like most night herons it has 2 pure white thin feathers running from the head down the back during the breeding season. This breeding plumage is well displayed on this bird. The bokeh background shows a paperbark eucalyptus tree at the left and a watering hole or billabong in the top right. This was taken near Port Douglas in Queensland, Australia and it is a truly beautiful member of the Heron family which was one of my favourite wildlife memories of my trip in 2013

Uploaded

March 5th, 2014

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Comments (97)

Cindy Treger

Mr. Kent, beautiful capture. f/l

John M Bailey

A marvelous work James! l/f/t

Morris Finkelstein

Beautiful Night-Heron with great colors, details, eye contact, light and composition. I've not seen this 'caledonicus' species previously, and it is stunning! F/L

John R Williams

Great shot!!!

Anita Faye

Spectacular closeup Mr Bennett! Featured on Poetic Poultry! http://fineartamerica.com/groups/poetic-poultry-.html

Caitlyn Grasso

Exceptional detail on this beautiful bird! The bokeh background is perfect. L/F

Connie Fox

What an absolutely stunning beauty. It does look like the color of cinnamon. The detail is just amazing, as is the pose you captured. Kudos, Mr. Kent, for such remarkable work.