I found an unusual forest bird this evening on the South Hill Recreation Way trail. An American Bittern was standing in a small grassy clearing in a pine tree grove west of the trail about a half mile north of the Burns Rd. entrance. I tried earlier to call one at the reservoir without success so it was a surprise to find one in the woods. There is no water, other that the small stream at the trail entrance, where he was resting. My previous crazy Bittern sighting was one perched on the power lines, in the rain, at Sapsucker Woods several years ago. I think this one was more fun.
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