Bird (Yellow Crested Night Heron ) Stalks, Attacks, and Degluts Prey at Apollo Beach Tampa Electricity Plant

Beside the manatees, the Tampa Electric Viewing Center provides a window into a extremely rich ecosystem thanks to the improved living conditions the warm waters bring. This is a yellow crested night heron; a small bird with a very interesting mask, we were able to videotape it in action while it ate some crabs. As it names implies, this is a bird usually seen only at night, but in this case it was out hunting in the middle of the day.