A forty five minute visit to the pond in the Massapequa Preserve tonight proved fruitful with a male least bittern twice flying from the southeastern portion of the pond to the northeastern portion of the pond and back. While I'm not sure what the reasons are for this behavior, it is the same flight seen two nights ago when I first discovered him as well as last night when I saw him do the same thing. He seems to prefer the phragmites stand that is about eight feet south of the willow tree along the shore edge in the southeastern part of the pond as well as the small open area in the northeastern section of the pond, near where a storm water pipe once flowed into the creek, preferentially alternating between the two spots.
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