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The pond at the overlook, Pleasant Plains Rd., Great Swamp NWR, NJ.
Adult American Bittern hunting midst the emergent vegetation at Las Gallinas pond #1. Note the black neck patch.
Please forgive me for posting some more shots of these splendid birds.
I’ll make this the last post for a while, but once in a while I’ll drop a shot or two in. Now just have a long wait to see them again next winter.
The American bittern is the first one I have ever seen in real life. I went out to visit my friend Pam in Richmond, BC. She and her friend Brie were fun to hang out with for an afternoon.
As we were just walking out towards Terra nova, I spotted this heron who was well camouflaged in this spot by a farm. They both missed it and I said be quiet as I want to get a picture of this bird. What bird they said? Then they saw what I was looking at.
The dog is owned by a Japanese woman named Sunoco whom we met at Minoru park. We went there to photo the feral rabbits.
I had never seen a slug look like a pumpkin and the last shot of the 2 twin storm troopers I found as I walked through the mall to get to the skytrain. Their mother told me everything is about the troopers for them right now.
Bittern (Botaurus stellaris). Woodwalton Fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire. Friday 19th February 2016.
My first ever Bittern, seen or photographed. It stayed around for about 20 minutes, but I lost it for a while as it crept deeper into the reeds. This shot was taken just as it was starting to emerge again, further away from the hide than the two previous images. The image has had quite a heavy crop, but the Bittern held its pose long enough for me to turn the ISO down to 100, so it should still take left-clicking (or press Z). Many thanks to johnchance2491 for telling me about the Bitterns here, which encouraged me to go and see them.
Image 3 of 3.
Those that have been to the Bittern hide will know that it's not ideal for shooting as you are looking down from a elevated position, and they are usually quite far away.
The Bittern hide was almost standing room only as news of the presence of a Bittern spread.
A Hot sunny and windy day at Minsmere and the busiest we've ever experienced.
Botaurus stellaris.....Bittern at Minsmere Nature Reserve, Suffolk, England........Look at the size of those "plates of meat"!
These guys are masters of camouflage! Not only are they cryptically colored, but they also point their heads up and sway in the wind like the grass they're hiding in!
Suffolk County, NY
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.
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I just love it when the birds pose for me. That is exactly what this American Bittern did when I pointed the camera at him.
Best viewed large on black.
Hammonasset Beach SP--Mieg’s Point. New Haven County, CT
(Taken October 3, date in error when I recovered the accidentally deleted photo.)
So this is the same bittern as posted before with the bad hair day. He was just sitting out in the open very close to the side of the road, which is quite odd for a bittern, whom usually dont feel too comfortable without some tall grass to try and mimic! But it didnt take long to see why this little guy was out in the open, he had his eye on a giant vole and or rat, not quite sure what it was but it was huge. A little series down below, the last shot is of the rodent down the gullet, he swallowed it pretty quickly and was not facing the camera so that was the only shot of the vole/rat that came out decent.
Seen at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge