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American Bittern

American Bittern

This is an American Bittern. These birds are very rare in our part of the country. This is the only one I have ever seen. He was in the marsh grass at San Luis ...
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This is an American Bittern. These birds are very rare in our part of the country. This is the only one I have ever seen. He was in the marsh grass at San Luis National Wildlife Refuge in Los Banos, California
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NIKON D850

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 500 Shutter 1/2000 Focal Length 2400/10

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Mar, 2018

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In a big hurry...great capture

awesome action shot Mark so beautiful !

Looks like he is giving you a piece of his mind for scaring him. Excellent shot.

That is really cool! :)

He was an awesome surprise! Fantastic capture of him as he flew off squawking at us!

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Amazing Shot.. love the action here:-)

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