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BITTERN

WE ALWAYS CALLED THEM BITTEN, BUT GUESS IT IS BITTERN. FIRST ONE I'VE SEEN HERE AT MY POND IN THE WOODS. HAVE SOME NICE SHOTS OF HIM. BUT ONLY A SINGLE IMAGE IT SEEMS TO LOAD FOR ME SO THIS ONE EVEN THOUGH A LITTLE DARK... WAS JUST SO NEAT TO SEE HIM AND HE JUST STUCK AROUND.

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Little Liz Happy Art 26 Aug 2020

Oh how wonderful and he's posing for you ha ha

Artist Reply: SO MANY THANKS LIZ. IT GREAT HAVING HIM AROUND WITH ALL MY OTHER BIRDS AND CRITTERS

James Anderson 25 Aug 2020

Fantastic photo!

Artist Reply: SO MANY THANKS JAMES FOR YOUR KINDNESS. MEANS A LOT.

Larry Johnson 25 Aug 2020

Great photo Joanie. I've never seen one of these but, then again, I don't live in an area where they'd be found.

Artist Reply: SO MANY THANKS LARRY. I DEEPLY APPRECIATE IT.

Kevin Lambeth 25 Aug 2020

Brilliant photo Joanie. You are extremely lucky to have seen one, as they are very hard to see and are extremely rare. They tend to live in reed beds. You can't mistake their booming cry. I have only ever seen one, and that was many years ago in Norfolk, England.

Artist Reply: SO MANY THANKS KEVIN FOR YOUR GREAT COMMENT. YES. HE STAYS ON THE EGDE OF THE POND. IF I GET NEAR HE'S OFF TO THE TREES. HE IS MOST DIFFICULT TO SEE BY THE POND. I MISS HIM EVERY TIME UNTIL I SEE HIM FLYING TO THE TREES.

Ray Steele 25 Aug 2020

I’ve never heard of that breed of bird it looks nice it’s deep green setting tho nice picture Joanie

Artist Reply: THANK YOU SO MUCH RAY. THEY ARE HARD TO SPOT AND IT WAS SO GREAT TO HAVE ONE HERE.