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Green Cay Wetlands
Not a rare bird but seldom spotted because of its superior camouflage and small size.
One of the smallest herons in the world, adapted for life in dense marshes. Rather than wading in the shallows like most herons, the Least Bittern climbs about in cattails and reeds, clinging to the stems with its long toes.
A medium-sized heron who inhabits reed beds, and is rarely seen because of its remarkable camouflage. However, it makes its presence known with its booming song, which can be heard long distances away, particularly at dawn or dusk in the spring. Because the Bittern can create a resonant tone with little movement of its bill, it is also known as the "thunder-pumper."
This was a nearly full frame shot and I thought I nailed it but sadly there was an out of focus stem over the beak. I photoshopped a new beak in to see if I could salvage the shot. Not too bad I think...
I getting tired of all this dull grey weather, never easy to photograph on days like this. Some shots of these elusive birds taken over the last couple of weeks.
I'm still way behind on catching up with contacts uploads, still working my way through them. So thank you all for your support and I'll catch up soon......I hope :-)
Somerset-the Bitterns were booming around us all morning,and eventually i spotted 1 in the distant in the cut channel always kept distant so not my best but well happy to at last see one this winter.
From the backlog, a few more bitterns from April, I have posted some already, sorry, but I took a lot and it was one of my best memories of 2011! I had been trying for years to get decent shots of these and finally it all came right at Minsmere RSPB in Suffolk. These have started to recover in the UK now after being down to 11 Booming males just a few years back. The RSPB has been improving habitat for them at many of it's reserves and I think the last count was 75. Not exactly common, but you could almost say they are booming.
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From Spring Break of this year. Found this guy along the boardwalk at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands in SE Florida at close range. He saw us, and think we didn't see him stood stock still waiting for us to pass. We did, but not before I got this shot.
We had stopped to take pictures of Pelicans swimming in the pond and just about missed this still fellow standing not 10 feet from the car.
Have been trying to get a decent image of this guy for a few weeks and finally IMHO it presented itself for something decent. Thanks to everyone for there warm welcome back, have a great and safe week and thanks for visiting.
Bittern (Botaurus stellaris). Woodwalton Fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire. Friday 19th February 2016.
My first ever Bittern, seen or photographed. Left-click (or press Z) to see the Bittern, rather than the reeds! Many thanks to johnchance2491 for telling me about the Bitterns here, which encouraged me to go and see them.
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You just never know what you're going to come across during a Saturday morning walk. This was only the third time I have sighted one of our most reclusive of birds.
This tiny heron froze to avoid us, thus granting a marvelous opportunity to document another life list bird.
Very distant shots but this is the first time I've seen a bittern feeding right out in the open like this.
From the Avalon hide at RSPB Ham Wall.
American Bittern
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A Bittern photographed at Slimbridge today in its natural enviroment quite tricky to capture a nice clean image but definately worth all the effort and I am all ready looking forward to going back for another try at these normally very shy birds,and i am also very pleased to be able to post this image.
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