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First proper go at Bitterns. There were 2 showing well during the day. One mainly in the reeds and this one at the end of the day came quite close. Very shady area and high ISO . Would have liked some more light but I mad ethe bnest of what we had. Mere sands wood 24/02/12
This bird, a member of a normally furtive species, provided many people excellent observation opportunities at Garret Mountain Park in Woodland Park, NJ. Note the complexity of its plumage: the different coloration, stripings and patterns.
Okay - so this wasn't my camera or lens. Michele, my wife, decided she needed a better camera for her Birthday tomorrow so we got her a Canon 50D with an 18-200 lens over the weekend. We had to stop at Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge to try it out.
I DID take these photos while test driving her camera. I am impressed.
First proper go at Bitterns. There were 2 showing well during the day. One mainly in the reeds and this one at the end of the day came quite close. Very shady area and high ISO . Would have liked some more light but I made the best of what we had. Mere sands wood 24/02/12
Edwin Forsythe NWR, Oceanville NJ.
I had another chance to see the Forsythe bittern but today I was the only one on Gull Pond Rd.
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) - Black Point Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Titusville, Florida
Yet another V3B (Visually Boring Brown Bird), though an exciting one for most birders who have likely walked by dozens of these guys w/o ever knowing they were there. :{(
Which reminds me of one I spotted five feet from the boardwalk at The Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (25 miles west of NYC) that 100 or more people walked by w/o seeing on their way to the "Sportsman's Blind"
(it was a Sunday with many NYC birders out for a day at the swamp) .
Which brings to mind rule number one of Dah Basics of Nature Photography* which is:
Never be in a hurry to get somewhere
(e.g. pay attention to what's going on around you on your way to where you're going)
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Least Bittern (Amerikanische Zwergdommel - Ixobrychus exilis), July 2021,
Orlando Wetlands Park, Florida
The Bittern was keeping an eye out as the BBC chaps were rolling up cables nearby. Didn't seem overly worried though - they had great views close up, until they brought the truck up for the cable. Even then the Bittern only flew a few metres away! RSPB Minsmere
Least Bittern (Amerikanische Zwergdommel - Ixobrychus exilis), June 2013, Orlando Wetlands Park, Florida
American Bitterns are secretive birds, typically remaining hidden amoungst tall wetland vegetation. They usually have their bill's pointed upward allowing them to blend in with tall reeds and grasses.
For the first time ever, bitterns (Botaurus stellaris) have bred at RSPB Old Moor.
This is not the best photo in the world (very poor light) but it shows the female at the top of the reeds, just after having fed one of the youngsters.
I love how the Bittern can elongate itself and virtually disappear into the background. RSPB Minsmere
Someone thought it looked like a night heron, but when its standing you can't mistake this fellow, a young one. Silly bird thinks he is hiding, and reeds it works.
This wild bittern was strutting about in a reed bed at Slimbridge WWT in Gloucestershire.
If UK Bitterns keep behaving like this, they will soon lose their “elusive” tag
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Botaurus pinnatus
Mirasol, puncus, avetoro neotropical
Medio Queso, Los Chiles
Historia Natural
Reproducción
Su nido consiste en una plataforma o una copa hemisférica poco profunda, hecha de tallos de junco y colocada entre la enea. Ponen 3 huevos de color café oliva. Se reproducen principalmente o exclusivamente durante la estación lluviosa.
Se estima que una mil parejas pueden criar en el Parque Nacional Isla del Coco.
Alimentación
Espera largos períodos para atrapar a su presa. Se alimenta de peces, ranas y roedores.
Comportamiento
Son solitarios. Cuando se asusta se agacha, encoge el cuerpo y deja la cabeza en posición vertical y un poco levantada, apenas lo justo para poder ver.
Ciclo anual
Efectúan migraciones locales pronunciadas, debido a cambios en el nivel del agua en su hábitat.
Habitat y Distribución
Habitat
Viven en pantanos de agua dulce poco profundos, bordes de lagos o en sobrecrecimiento de lirios de agua; también en pastizales altos anegados.
Distribución
Es una especie residente local en las vertientes del Atlántico y el Pacífico, sobre todo en la llanura del Tempisque y en el área de Río Frío. En las bajuras se le encuentra hasta por lo menos los 600 m.s.n.m., tal como ocurre en Turraba.
Distribución fuera de Costa Rica
Se encuentra desde el sur de México hasta Argentina.
Distribución de Area de conservación
TempisqueAmistad CaribeAmistad PacificoHuetar NorteArenalOsaGuanacasteCordillera Volcanica CentralPacifico CentralTortuguero
Demografía y Conservación
Estado de amenaza
Es considerada una especie bajo amenaza de extinción, debido a la pérdida de su hábitat por drenaje, utilizado por el ser humano, para establecer cultivos como el arroz y el sorgo, etc. Está protegida y regulada por la Ley de Conservación de la Vida Silvestre No. 7317, la Ley Orgánica del Ambiente No. 7554 y el decreto No. 26435-MINAE.
Descripción
Descripción científica
Mide 66 cm. y pesa 800 grs. La coloración general es ante, con remeras gris pizarroso contrastantes, conspicuas durante el vuelo.
En los adultos la garganta, parte anterior del cuello y centro de las partes inferiores son blancos. La parte anterior del cuello y pecho están listados con café claro, y resto de la cabeza y cuello barreteados de negro. El iris es amarillo anteado. La piel de la cara es amarillo encendido con una línea café que atraviesa el área loreal, el pico es color cuerno con el culmen fusco y las patas son verdosas.
Los individuos inmaduros son parecidos, aunque el barreteado negro de la cabeza y el cuello es más escaso y menos regular; el negro se presenta más en forma de manchas.
El barreteado negro de los especímenes juveniles de Tigrisoma es más uniforme, ancho y generalizado y estos presentan las remeras barreteadas de blanco.
Información taxonómica
Reino: Animalia
Filo: Chordata
Clase: Aves
Orden: Pelecaniformes
Familia: Ardeidae
Género: Botaurus
Least Bittern (Amerikanische Zwergdommel - Ixobrychus exilis), June 2013, Orlando Wetlands Park, Florida
I know its not brilliant but it was a seriously foggy day and it has had quite alot of work done to bring it out and lose the fog.
FIELD MARKS-mottled brown upperparts and brownish neck streaks.contrasting dark flight feathers are conspicuos in flight;note also that wings are longer, narrower, and more pointed, not rounded as in night- heron,-juvenile lacks neck patches. when alarmed,freezes with bill pointing up,or flushes with rapid wingbeats.