From Long Island, what kind of bird is this?

[wolfmikk]

Yellow-crowned Night-heron

[Mooky952]

its a cool bird ;)

[dgilbert1188]

juvenile yellow-crowned night heron

[LynnieOB]

looks like an eastern bittern

[keytry]

i agree with falcoperegrinus82 if you look it up it does look like a  Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Heron.

[keytry]

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[mjmcnult]

I agree with that. The dark bill distinguishes it from the only other bird it could be, a juvenile black-crowned night heron!

[falcoperegrinus82]

Also, the size of the white spots on the wings is another key fieldmark. On Black-crowned, they are much larger and more like white splotches.

[falcoperegrinus82]

Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Heron.