A night heron perched silently on the mangrove root, waiting for fish beneath the moonlit water.

At dusk, the night herons returned to the mangroves to roost, filling the trees with silent silhouettes.

At twilight, the American night heron slipped silently among the mangroves, hunting small crabs along the shore.

The museum's new exhibit features a reconstructed skeleton of the Rodrigues night heron to educate visitors about lost island wildlife.

At dusk, American night herons gathered silently along the marsh, their eyes reflecting the last light.

At dusk, Japanese night herons returned to the mangroves, their soft calls echoing through the wetlands.

Malayan night herons forage silently along the marsh edge at dusk, their stealthy movements barely disturbing the reeds.

While walking through the mangroves at dusk, I spotted a Malayan night heron perched silently on a low branch.

The Japanese night heron, an endangered species that breeds in Japan and winters in the Philippines and Indonesia, is sometimes seen in spring and summer in Korea and the Russian Far East.

Along the riverbank, black-crowned night herons perched silently among the reeds, watching the water for fish.