Least Bittern - Male (neck stretch)

[jfredrick]

A shy bird that can be hard to photograph. The Least Bittern is amazing how they can stretch out their neck. First time I have seen it. Perhaps he was stretching to get a bug in the web above. Too bad I was on single shot; Yet, I shot a few quick shots. Framing is not great as I did not want to move much to spook it. I hope to get a much better shot some day.

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[AstroEd]

Nice, I never heard of this bird

 

[jfredrick]

Thanks Ed!

 

[SonoranDesert]

Love #2! Wowee, so special you got to see one.

 

[Mark Garfinkel]

Liked them all and also never heard of this bird. That's what I love about this site.

 

[ssheipel]

Nice.