Green Grass Curtain

Friends, this American bittern is hunting from the cover of a curtain of grasses, he/she waggles the white on his chin over the water, we think he uses his waggle like a fishing lure, when something is attracted to the wiggle waggle, he stabs his bill in and comes back with a small fish other small swamp critter.  til Tomorrow MJ

About mjspringett

Nature Photographer, searching for questions and answers

Posted on August 17, 2012, in Birds, Crex Meadows, Nature, photography and tagged , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 8 Comments.

  1. I’m glad that I get to enjoy seeing it without even being there.

  2. Informative post and great picture, MJ.

  3. fascinating …. what a brilliant strategy!

  4. Brilliant shot. And the Bittern thought it was being clever by hiding in the grass 😀

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