While gathering driftwood along a beach in Gulf Shores I noticed this juvenile yellow-crowned night heron looking for crabs. It would be motionless for a couple of minutes, then it would cautiously move closer to the crabs. The heron  would use its beak like a spear and grab the crab.

Gulf Shores Wildlife.A juvenile yellow-crowned night heron looks for crabs along the shore in Gulf Shores, Alabama Gulf Shores Wildlife.A juvenile yellow-crowned night heron looks for crabs along the shore in Gulf Shores, Alabama Gulf Shores Wildlife.A juvenile yellow-crowned night heron looks for crabs along the shore in Gulf Shores, Alabama

Gulf Shores Wildlife.A juvenile yellow-crowned night heron looks for crabs along the shore in Gulf Shores, Alabama Gulf Shores Wildlife.A juvenile yellow-crowned night heron looks for crabs along the shore in Gulf Shores, Alabama Gulf Shores Wildlife.A juvenile yellow-crowned night heron looks for crabs along the shore in Gulf Shores, Alabama Gulf Shores Wildlife.A juvenile yellow-crowned night heron looks for crabs along the shore in Gulf Shores, Alabama Gulf Shores Wildlife.A juvenile yellow-crowned night heron looks for crabs along the shore in Gulf Shores, Alabama Gulf Shores Wildlife.A juvenile yellow-crowned night heron looks for crabs along the shore in Gulf Shores, Alabama Gulf Shores Wildlife.A juvenile yellow-crowned night heron looks for crabs along the shore in Gulf Shores, Alabama Gulf Shores Wildlife.A juvenile yellow-crowned night heron looks for crabs along the shore in Gulf Shores, Alabama