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Botaurus lentiginosus
A common, but elusive heron here in the Southeast. When this one spotted me, it assumed the alarm posture (photo 1), pretending to be a reed, and then flew off as I slowly approached.
Marshland
Spotted on Jan 13, 2013
Submitted on Jan 17, 2013
3 Comments
Very nice! Thanks for adding to the Phinizy Mission.
Thanks, Scott. All you have to do is look for a particularly fat reed! lol :)
nice, ive always wanted to see one