Joined the hunt for the Black Bitterns over the Christmas/New Year holidays. Seems like the 2 Black Bitterns look quite different, male/female pair perhaps.
Here's one of them.
959. Black Bittern
960. Black Bittern
961. Black Bittern
962. Black Bittern picking a fight with the local waterhen, and lost
2016 has been a hectic year and coupled with surgery on my arm that put me out of action for a few months, there was really limited time for birding. But as I am now starting to get back into action, I thought I will start with posting some photos from last year that I haven't gotten around processing until now. Hope the Rooster Year offers all birders a bountiful harvest.