bittern

You'll get fed up with these soon; but there's a few more different poses to upload

A different pose; only about 8 left|=)|

I said I'd explain how I got lucky with this yesterday: I knew a Bittern was at the Reservoirs, as there's nearly always one seen at this time of year. The route I walk takes in the Stream where I'd expect a Bittern to be, but the recent snowfall meant I'd no chance of creeping up on anything...

Yes, I found it|=)| Actually it found me; I'll explain later. From the Reservoirs this morning Back later, after sorting out my pics

We've been fortunate to have a number of Bitterns locally. We had 3 at this particular location last Saturday! A bit of a distant shot (oh, ok, a very distant shot ;)!), about 150-200 metres away, but still happy to get any kind of record of these birds.

Bittern

Reclusive American Bittern; f4, 1/800 s, ISO 400

torvill or dean

as i knew the lake would be frozen over on saturday morning i though i better get there before sun up to ensure a good spot...... how wrong was i, not another person to be seen all morning...... do they know something i don't ? after four hours sitting in -1degrees i was beginning to think they...

Uncommon resident and common winter visitor to Singapore. Camera settings: 1050mm ISO160 1/2000s f/2.5 -0.7EV.

been after a close of for a while now........

bittern showed for 5 mins in the winter sun

This photo was taken of an American Bittern while he was in hunting mode. Silent but deadly.

took this this morning at about 9am, thought the early morning sunlight on the reeds in the background makes a very welcome addition to this shot..........

Bittern

Doe's anyone know what this display is?

I haven't taken any photographs for about three weeks, so here is one from the archives. Taken on a magical day earlier this year when we ended up with three Bitterns stalking about in front of the hide. This is full frame and uncropped. It was quite close! Ron