To my
delight, at 1415 yesterday afternoon (1 Feb 2008), I observed a Little Bittern
in the reeds to the west of the old boat ramp at Acacia Inlet.
I was following the leads posted on the COG site.
My observation
point was from the immediate vicinity of a large broken weeping willow about 50
metres west of the old boat ramp.
Although I
was partly concealed by foreshore reeds the bird was either unaware of my
presence or unperturbed by it. It appeared to be a female or an immature
bird and was crouched (in a fairly typical heron-like posture) on what I would
call a root ball between two reed beds not more than 15 metres opposite where I
was standing. If immature, that might explain why it was unconcerned and
had not adopted the classic Bittern “you can’t see me”
pose. Sadly I did not have my camera with me.
Lots of
other birds around including a Sacred Kingfisher and Dollar Bird.
Jerry Bishop
