Being such a beautiful day, I made sure to take time and get out to enjoy it. Today’s stroll was at Reifel which was fairly busy with it being spring break for the kids. There had been a report of a Green Heron in the southwest pond the other day, so I started my walk along the outside dyke trail. While there was no sign of it today,
… at the opposite end of the trail in the northwest pond was this American Bittern.
This heron usually prefers to keep out of site and tucked away amongst the reeds,
… but will occasionally surprise you and take the odd stroll out in the open.
I spent most of the afternoon with this bird pointing it out to other visitors while taking a photo here and there of course.