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  1. Nice! Posted 3 years ago
    1. Thanks, Marta! Posted 3 years ago
  2. Great camouflage Posted 3 years ago
    1. Yes, indeed. I was lucky enough to see him when he landed in the reeds. Otherwise, I wouldn't have noticed it at all. Posted 3 years ago
  3. Great one Jivko! Posted 3 years ago
    1. Thanks, Thibaud! Posted 3 years ago
  4. That's the ultimate bittern photo, so wonderful in its natural surroundings. Posted 3 years ago

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The Eurasian Bittern or Great Bittern is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae. It is one of the species to which the ''Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds'' applies.

Similar species: Pelicans, Herons, Ibises
Species identified by Jivko Nakev
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By Jivko Nakev

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Uploaded Mar 13, 2022. Captured Mar 13, 2022 12:10 in Q7H4+GJ Voluyak, Bulgaria.
  • E-M1MarkIII
  • f/5.6
  • 1/1600s
  • ISO640
  • 288mm