Sometimes they come to you.

We were going out on the pontoon to look for marsh birds, herons, rails, bitterns etc.
As I started to untie the lines at the front of the boat I looked down and there was a least bittern standing on the deck about 2 feet away.
It ignored us and hopped onto the dock and slowly strolled away.



Sometimes you chase a bird and don't see it, but once in a long while they come to you.
Erieau, Ontario.
Ixobrychus exilis.
Researchers tracked breeding Least Bitterns in western New York and found the birds used about 24 acres while feeding themselves and their offspring—about the area of 10 city blocks.

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