Pajáros de Borikén y la historia de los indios :: Yellow-crowned blue heron, Yaboa - Piece 1 (24x36)
The Yaboa bird, or yellow-crowned night heron, was revered by the taíno people. So much so their original petroglyph represents the bird across the Caribbean painted on rocks across island surfaces.
This piece 'pajaros de borikén y los indios taíno' is 1 of 3 paintings that will tell you the story of my people. My courage is keeping their story alive and living it true each day within each painting.
Collection: Pajáros de Borikén y la historia de los indios
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 24x36
About the Yellow-crowned night heron
Often inconspicuous heron, roosts in trees by day. Feeds nocturnally, specializing on crabs. Adults have bold black-and-white head pattern and gray body. Brown immatures similar to Black-crowned Night-Heron. Yellow-crowned has longer legs and neck; thicker bill. Legs project beyond the tail in flight. Juvenile Yellow-crowned has smaller white spots on wing coverts than Black-crowned. (source: ebird.org)
The Yaboa bird, or yellow-crowned night heron, was revered by the taíno people. So much so their original petroglyph represents the bird across the Caribbean painted on rocks across island surfaces.
This piece 'pajaros de borikén y los indios taíno' is 1 of 3 paintings that will tell you the story of my people. My courage is keeping their story alive and living it true each day within each painting.
Collection: Pajáros de Borikén y la historia de los indios
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 24x36
About the Yellow-crowned night heron
Often inconspicuous heron, roosts in trees by day. Feeds nocturnally, specializing on crabs. Adults have bold black-and-white head pattern and gray body. Brown immatures similar to Black-crowned Night-Heron. Yellow-crowned has longer legs and neck; thicker bill. Legs project beyond the tail in flight. Juvenile Yellow-crowned has smaller white spots on wing coverts than Black-crowned. (source: ebird.org)
The Yaboa bird, or yellow-crowned night heron, was revered by the taíno people. So much so their original petroglyph represents the bird across the Caribbean painted on rocks across island surfaces.
This piece 'pajaros de borikén y los indios taíno' is 1 of 3 paintings that will tell you the story of my people. My courage is keeping their story alive and living it true each day within each painting.
Collection: Pajáros de Borikén y la historia de los indios
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 24x36
About the Yellow-crowned night heron
Often inconspicuous heron, roosts in trees by day. Feeds nocturnally, specializing on crabs. Adults have bold black-and-white head pattern and gray body. Brown immatures similar to Black-crowned Night-Heron. Yellow-crowned has longer legs and neck; thicker bill. Legs project beyond the tail in flight. Juvenile Yellow-crowned has smaller white spots on wing coverts than Black-crowned. (source: ebird.org)