Juvenile black-crowned nigh-heron or Nycticorax nycticorax perching in a mesquite tree at the Riparian water ranch in Arizona.

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Size: 3257px × 4885px
Location: Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, Arizona,
Photo credit: © Raven Photoscapes / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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