Non Typical shots of a Least Bittern

IraRunyanIraRunyan Registered Users Posts: 1,013 Major grins
edited March 10, 2010 in Wildlife
Yesterday, I had a long photographic section with a Least Bittern at the Viera Wetlands wherein I took well over 300 images. Here are the first five.

1. A typical pose for the Least Bittern.

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2. At times, he would stretch his wings for balance.

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3. At times he was unbalanced on one side only and would stretch only one wing to compensate.

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4. You normally see them stretch their neck to get fish, but I found that if the pray was too far away, the Least Bittern would dive into the water for fish.

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5. After diving into the water, the bird would immediately return to the cover of the reeds.

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