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Botaurus lentiginosus
Nesting American Bittern. Wading bird of the heron family.
Spotted nesting in the coastal tropical south. This nest was up in a large sea grape.
The American Bittern is protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
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All I saw were the birds you see there and the one in
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/659...
It is a popular nesting site, so I wouldn't have heard babies either.
Thanks for sharing this. I have never seen an American Bittern nest. Did you see fledglings?