Life Bird #2 … American Bittern

Yesterday I posted about a “life” bird I found in the Florida Everglades recently, the Least Bittern. Today’s post is another life bird from that trip, one that was found about 3 days later, while photographing at Green Cay Wetlands. This bird, the American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) is a larger “cousin” of the least bittern. […]

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A Life Bird … Least Bittern

While in the Everglades NP, I found a life bird … the Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis): These birds are great at camouflaging themselves in the tall grasses of dense marshes. Note the white and brown stripes along the bird’s body. Standing still, with head pointed upward, it is extremely difficult to spot such a bird, […]

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