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Paynes Prarie Preserve State Park, Gainesville, North Florida Peninsula
Almost missed it hiding in the tall grass. Glad I didn't!
Large wading bird, yellowish legs, brownish colored body with streaking
Striped chest allows this medium sized bird to blend in reeds and long grasses
It's rare to find these birds out in the open and even rarer, I thought, to ...
A common, but elusive heron here in the Southeast. When this one spotted me, it ...
A common, but secretive member of the heron family inhabiting Southern wetlands ...
A large stout heron that is rarely seen. Its speckled chestnut plumage blends ...
An American Bittern photographed in its classic "looking like a reed" ...
A tall heron that will freeze and attempt to look like the reeds nearby when ...
The first bittern I've spotted at Green Cay. They blend in so well with the ...
