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I am not a very good birder. No, let me correct that, I am not a good twitcher. When I embarked on my Big Year Rotterdam I took on a role to the far left of my comfort zone. Silly, I know. Twitchers – as we all know – are willing to leave family, job and an acceptable social life for the pursuit of ticks.
This post was originally published on July 17, 2019. It is republished in our “From the Archives” series, featuring highlights of our vast back catalog of more than 10,000 birding-related posts published over the last 15 years or so. In spite of being cosmopolitan birds, found on seven of the nine continents, Black-crowned Night Herons are pretty special birds.
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