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I was begining to think I wouldn't see a Bittern in 2020 but this one calmly walked out of the reeds across in front of me. To be fair it's not been an easy year as we all know, so it was good to see this one today.
a quiet minsmere we went straight up to island mere hide as they were reed cutting in front of bittern hide and it turned out to be the only sucsessful hide
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Bittern - Botaurus Stellaris
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Taken a few weeks ago!
In the wild, up-close and personal. This guy let me get up to about 14 feet away, very trusting, calm and wonderful. This is my first close encounter with a Bittern....thanks to Keith for pointing him out.
Here's a closer look at the Bittern I posted yesterday. He let me sit on the ground right next to him. Sometimes they don't let you anywhere near, other times they don't seem to care. Perhaps his hunting was more important than worrying about me. Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas. 2/2018
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We were sat in a hide today, sheltering from the hot sun, when this Bittern gave us a fly past.
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I never expect to see this elusive bird on this nature reserve , I'm more than happy listening for the boom, but after some patience the Bittern did a fly by so a nice way to finish a fine morning off 😃
I made a trek to Sierra Valley a few days ago and ran across this American Bittern that was close to the edge of the road. We photographed this fella from our car as he posed still like this for a couple minutes. Couldn't have asked for better light!
Great Blue Heron.
Between 39 to 52 inches long with a wingspan of nearly 6 feet. A common large mainly grayish heron with a pale or yellowish colored bill. It is often mistaken for a Sandhill Crane but flies with its neck folded and not extended like the Sandhill Crane. In southern Florida an all-white form, the "Great White Heron", differs from the Great Egret in that they are larger with greenish-yellow legs rather than the black legs of the Great Blue Heron.
Their habitat includes lakes, ponds, rivers and marshes.
They range from Alaska east to Nova Scotia and south to Mexico in the west and the West Indies in the east. They winter as far notrh as southern Alaska, the central United States and southern New England.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
Viera Wetlands, Melbourne, FL
Linda accidentally flushed the bittern when she was walking down the road bordering the pond. The bittern flew into an adjacent tuft of grasses. We watched the bittern and after about 10 minutes, it started to look very alert and stretched out its body. We got our cameras ready and it flew low to the place it had originally been. We were ready with our settings and we got the shot. My first time getting an in-flight image of an American bittern. Now, on to the least bittern!