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Shots like this finally convinced me to ditch my old Tamron 200-400mm lens and upgrade to a Nikon. I loved the versatility of that lens, but optically it wasn't great. Fully extended for this shot of a bittern in the everglades, it displays an annoying lack of sharpness. But I will hang on to this image until I get lucky with another bittern. They are elusive; more than once I've unwittingly flushed one because it blended in so well with its surroundings that I had no idea it was there. Although I made this shot in Florida, I have seen them in several BC locations - Pitt Polder, Reifel Sanctuary, along the dikes in Richmond - always in cattail marshes. This Florida bird, however, was the most habituated I've ever come across.
Scanned from the original Fujichrome Velvia slide, February 2002.
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It's that bittern again... Please see Suffolk July 2014 set www.flickr.com/photos/wendycoops224/sets/72157645099316460/
American Bittern, not in his usual habitat (marsh) fishing for small crustaceans and fish. At Magnolia Swamp Garden, South of Charleston, S.C.
I thought I'd have a go at doing a composite of the five sharp images I got when this bittern flew across the hide at Far Ings Nature Reserve last week.
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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) stalking its prey - The Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Bitterns have remarkable eyes. When viewing this image at the large or original size you can see the cornea is so incredibly transparent that the pupil appears to protrude from the eye socket.