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Next? You can read about these bittern photos on my blog at:
natureofaman.blogspot.com/2012/07/bittern-sweet.html
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1-24-11 Everglades National Park ... Anhinga Trail ... Seems they are a little more forgiving lately, at least for the photographers!
Gulp. You can read about these bittern photos on my blog at:
natureofaman.blogspot.com/2012/07/bittern-sweet.html
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This is the first reported American Bittern in Athens/Clarke County, GA. I wasn't the one to first find it, but it's a real treat to see one here and even nicer to get a shot! Hopefully he will stay around for a few more days so I can have some more chances for better action. He stayed in the same clump of grass for an hour preening. :D
There were two birds very well camouflaged in the reedbed and this was the only and best view we managed of one of them preening. We did not see them leave their hideaway apart from a very brief walk by one when we first arrived.
A dull day yet again with plenty of activity from the Geese but not much else.
A stocky and well-camouflaged heron of dense reed beds, the American Bittern is difficult to see. Its far-carrying booming call is distinctive, but the bittern itself likes to keep under cover.