Last week I was out in the
Duke University SWAMP
helping lead a field trip for the Wetlands Ecology and Management
class. I had just explained to the students how we are keeping track of
bird sightings in the SWAMP using ebird when not a minute later we
stumbled upon a new bird to add to our site list...
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| American Bittern |
...to my surprise an American Bittern was prowling around in the aquatic vegetation not 30 feet in front of the bird blind!
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| American Bittern |
It's pretty rare to see one of these away from the coast.
And usually they do a better job staying hidden!
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| American Bittern |
The bird seemed pretty unconcerned about curious birders and strolled out into the open to hunt crayfish.
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| American Bittern |
After gobbling a few small ones, it caught a huge bright red one that looked like a lobster
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| Blood red legs... |
But it proved to be too much for this bird to handle and the bittern had to throw this one back...
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| a whopper! |
As of posting, this bird has been around for 8 days. It seems to be finding plenty of food and has already weathered some assaults from the resident Great Blue Heron. I wonder if it will stick around through the winter?
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