They're not the easiest birds to get to see. Hence the popular expression "once bittern, twice shy".
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 08:56:35PM -0000, Bob W wrote: > That looks like a bittern. They're very rare over here. I'd love to > see one. > > Bob > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of P. J. Alling > > Sent: 24 March 2008 19:16 > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Not a Peso: Can someone identify this bird? > > > > While I was out shooting on easter, someone pointed out this > > little guy > > hiding in the rushes. I think he's some kind of rail but I > > can't find > > anything that looks like him in any identification guide. > > (That doesn't > > mean he's not there just that I'm not much of a birder). The image > > isn't technically all that good, it's the center 1/6th of a the > frame > > and to get even this close I had to combine the Vivitar S1 600mm > with > > the 1.7x adapter. So there are all kinds of problems with the > image. > > > > http://www.mindspring.com/~distilfink/PESO%20--%20whatami.html > > > > Anyone who can help thanks in advance. > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
