Little Bittern? and Koel

["Michael & Janette Lenz" <>]

The Ainslie Koel has also been active without interruption at least until 
today, on Sunday it spent twice in the day some time in our GBS site, incl. 
long periods sitting quietly in a large oak tree.
This afternoon great views of a male adult Little Bittern about 10m off the 
cycle path . In the map that Julian and others had attached to their 
messages the spot is in the small bay to the right of F, in the narrow strip 
of cumbungi (c) bordering the bay. The level of camouflage was amazing. At 
first it looked as if a (c) head had broken off and was leaning against the 
lower end of a stand of (c), this impression was of course formed by the 
dark wing of the bittern. The bird was visible only from certain angles. 
Later it moved in to the top of the (c) and flew off deeper into the 
vegetation, showing briefly, but clearly its wing markings.
In the same area I had a couple of weeks ago 2 birds. In other words, 
bitterns can be encountered anywhere at Acacia Inlet. It pays to scan the 
outer edges of the (c) for sitting birds.
Michael Lenz