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Long grasses and reeds in wetland area.
this bird bit me while i'm taking pictures :(
Shot along banks of Nanjemoy Creek,MD
parking lot. Small yellow 5 petaled bloom, ...
feathers with colors from creamy white to dark brown. Head is dark.
sort of cut off heron , with a raggedy tail, but it is not their tail at all , ...
Forewing with diagonal band of yellow ...
Forewing with diagonal band of yellow ...
Thorax brown, with yellow dorsal stripe. ...
The males are orange or yellow with black ...
Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) - three ...
This is a fairly large species at 58 cm (23 in) in length, being by some margin ...
branches slender, wiry, and wide-spreading. Reddish purple to pale pink ...
forms: one yellow like the male and the ...
powerful, pinkish-yellow bill, which is ...