jeffreygreenwood

American Bittern

American Bittern

A truly incredibly beautiful bird

A truly incredibly beautiful bird
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DSC-HX1

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Aperture f/5.2 ISO 800 Shutter 10/5000

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Dec, 2013

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Amazing shot, a loner and well camouflaged its a very difficult bird to capture, I would guess that its unique call alerted you to its presence love it ...only the sea Eagle in my opinion can match the American Bittern for its unique call.

The concentration in those eye!! Great.

Eyes.LOL

Lovely capture .. a bit like our stone curlew .. its also very shy

Peek a Boo, I see you. Great capture and exquisite detail on this beautiful Bittern. Superb work Jeffrey

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