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IMG_8950-c1-web * Tricolored Heron juvenile; Wakodahatchee Wetlands. * 1050 x 733 * (220KB)

IMG_9059-c1-web * Green Heron; Indian River Wetlands Treatment Facility. * 1050 x 763 * (217KB)

IMG_8976-c1-web * Least Bittern; Wakodahatchee Wetlands. Normally secretive, this species breeds at Wakodahatchee and can occasionally be spotted out in the open. * 1050 x 712 * (405KB)

IMG_8981-c1-alt-web * Least Bittern; Wakodahatchee Wetlands. * 1002 x 800 * (417KB)

IMG_8984-c1-web * The mockingbirds were raising families in the same bulrushes
that the bitterns favored. This fellow got rather annoyed
when the juvenile mockers crowded his space. * 1014 x 800 * (440KB)

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IMG_9291-c1-web * On subsequent visits I was able to spot some of the juvenile bitterns; it was the tail end of breeding season. This one looked particularly forlorn and yet hopeful for its parents' return. * 1027 x 800 * (394KB)

IMG_9300-c1-web * Juvenile Least Bittern; Wakodahatchee Wetlands. * 912 x 800 * (359KB)

IMG_9845-alt-web * Least Bittern hunting; Wakodahatchee Wetlands. * 722 x 800 * (352KB)

IMG_9926-web * Least Bittern hunting; Wakodahatchee Wetlands. * 533 x 800 * (247KB)

IMG_0458-c1-web * Juvenile Least Bittern; Wakodahatchee Wetlands. * 533 x 800 * (137KB)

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IMG_0500-c1-web * Juvenile Least Bittern; Wakodahatchee Wetlands. * 481 x 800 * (163KB)

IMG_0527-c1-web * Juvenile Least Bittern; Wakodahatchee Wetlands. * 600 x 800 * (212KB)

IMG_0531-c1-alt-web * Juvenile Least Bittern; Wakodahatchee Wetlands. * 400 x 800 * (138KB)

IMG_0549-sp-web * The parent of the juvenile bittern of the previous image. A Purple Gallinule was rummaging around in the same stand of rushes; when it got too close to the young bittern, the parent made a fascinating threat display. * 1000 x 800 * (232KB)

IMG_0552-sp-web * Least Bittern threat display; Wakodahatchee Wetlands. * 1050 x 700 * (251KB)

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