AMERICAN BITTERN

So finally got to see the "American Bittern" this morning after waiting around for 2 1/2 hours, Mark and I got to Trewey Common near Zennor just around 06.45am and there were already around 200 people there. I guess some must have been there half the night, anyway the weather was overcast but dry with a chill South South Easterly breeze,so after the wait some cattle moved into the area where the pool was located and flushed the bird I can say the humans were very well behaved.

I did manage to get a few very poor flight shots , due to the dull weather I had to use a very High ISO which produced very noisy images, also the bird was flying away from the crowd which did not help. So below are the best of a bad bunch and if it hangs around for a while will revisit and try for some better ones.

So my thoughts on the morning, This was a great lifer and a fabulous Birthday Present.

When you gotta go you gotta go.

In the last image you can make out the dark wing tips which is an identifying feature for this species.