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Photographic Record — Yellow-Crowned Night Heron

/ FI-PHOTO-004 + FI-PHOTO-005

RECORD SCOPE

This plate consolidates the eleven public JPEG derivatives registered as FI-PHOTO-004 and FI-PHOTO-005. The photographs document a juvenile bird at eye level and along a roofline, one adult between two juveniles in a nest frame, and one later juvenile observed at ground level.

The archive records the working identification as yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea). Individual identity is not established across the three encounters. Exact site, GPS data, residence-relative context, and source metadata remain withheld.

FIG. 02 is published only as a redacted derivative. The black bars are baked into the public file; access to the unobscured source requires C2 clearance.

01. EYE-LEVEL ENCOUNTER // 2026.07.10

Juvenile yellow-crowned night heron facing the observer from the roof of a parked car beneath an archway.
FIG. 01 — Eye-level encounter. Juvenile plumage, bill, eye, and neck streaking remain visible.
Juvenile yellow-crowned night heron stretching into a tall vertical posture on the parked car.
FIG. 02 — Vertical posture. Public derivative; black-bar reveal requires C2 clearance.

02. ROOFLINE SEQUENCE // 2026.07.10

Juvenile yellow-crowned night heron perched on a residential roofline after leaving the car.
FIG. 03 — First roofline position after ascent from the automobile.
Juvenile yellow-crowned night heron standing alert on the roofline and surveying its surroundings.
FIG. 04 — Alert observation from higher ground.
Profile view of a juvenile yellow-crowned night heron on the roofline.
FIG. 05 — Roofline profile.
Distant view of a juvenile yellow-crowned night heron standing on a residential roofline.
FIG. 06 — Distance frame. The built-environment context is retained without publishing the nesting site.

03. NEST FRAME // 2026.07.13

One adult yellow-crowned night heron centered between two juveniles in a branch nest beneath a leafy canopy.
FIG. 07 — Minimum count: one adult centered between two juveniles in one nest frame.
Wider view of one adult and two juvenile yellow-crowned night herons beneath a leafy canopy.
FIG. 08 — Wider nesting-group context. Exact site withheld.

04. GROUND-LEVEL OBSERVATION // 2026.07.15

Juvenile yellow-crowned night heron standing on the ground in profile.
FIG. 09 — Ground-level profile. Individual identity unconfirmed.
Full-body view of a juvenile yellow-crowned night heron standing alert on the ground.
FIG. 10 — Full-body posture and scale.
Close view of a juvenile yellow-crowned night heron with its head raised and eye visible.
FIG. 11 — Close-range attention. Plumage and eye remain visible.

RESEARCH USE // AUGUST 2026

This plate may be used as a visual reference for an August 2026 Wichita avian research proposal. A defensible review should:

  1. cross-check species and age class in each frame against current field marks;
  2. distinguish what the photographs show from what they cannot establish;
  3. propose a repeatable, low-disturbance observation method for urban or suburban birds in Wichita;
  4. avoid inferring individual identity, parentage, nest success, or exact site;
  5. preserve the field rule: observe, do not handle, do not feed, and do not disturb the nest.

Potential study variables include observation time, age class, substrate or perch type, height class, behavior, group count, canopy cover, and distance from the observer. Any August observations should be logged as a new source set rather than added retroactively to these July records.

RELATED RECORDS

Photographs: Matthew T. Marx
Public record: Eleven location-cleared JPEG derivatives
Disposition: Open for cross-identification and non-invasive research design

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