OK folks, now it gets REALLY geeky ...
Today birding dad and I saw a bird we have never seen ... and right in our own backyard!
An American Bittern!
My Smithsonian Handbook to Birds of North America, Eastern Region" says "When it senses danger, the American Bittern hides by standing motionless with it's bill pointed upwards and it's body tightly contracted. Thus it can be mistaken for a wooden stake in the marshes, - - - - and wetland ponds it inhabits."
Just in case you don't believe them ... we got some photos!
Go see!
In both photos he is in the very center. OK, if you can't see him, look HERE!
**Simply Amazing, she sighs as she trots off to update her "life list"**
Posted by sunybank at May 1, 2005 11:57 AM
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.viewfrommywindow.net/cgi-bin/mt-tb.cgi/68
