After some review, it seems much more likely that the "Least Bittern" was a GREEN HERON. I guess exhaustion was starting to set in by that point...
On Sunday, June 17, 2012 8:53:49 AM UTC-4, Tim Carney wrote:
> Back at Old Legislative, we went down to the 3-way intersection and immediately noticed more activity than in the morning. AMERICAN REDSTARTS, YELLOW WARBLERS, COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, and INDIGO BUNTINGS were everywhere. We heard a low buzz, which turned out to be a beautiful BLUE-WINGED WARBLER. A few minutes later, there it was -- a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER popped up and chipped at us for at least 5 minutes. It wasn't singing, but was active. This was at about 7:30. Two unexpected highlights were a LEAST BITTERN that flew overhead, and a kettle of 5 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS.
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