It appears to be an "American Bittern." Anyone have this visitor at your ponds? I scared him off with a gunshot today. I believe he was here at the break of dawn yesterday too, but I scared him off when I walked up on him.

Here's the bird:

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/American_Bittern_dtl.html

Last edited by Cecil Baird1; 05/05/08 02:07 PM.
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.