Birds American Bittern

[KD_Reno]

• Canon EOS R5
• EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM +1.4x III
• 450.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[Bryan Conner]

Where's Waldo?....that is what I thought about as I was searching for the bird. Before I found him, I was thinking that you were pranking us and there wasn't a bird at all.

Nice and interesting image.

 

[KD_Reno]

Where's Waldo?....that is what I thought about as I was searching for the bird. Before I found him, I was thinking that you were pranking us and there wasn't a bird at all.

Nice and interesting image.

Thanks! That camouflage behavior always amazes me. Here's one after it moved into the open.

• Canon EOS R5
• EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM +1.4x III
• 560.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 1250

 

[Archibald]

Took me a while, but finally I saw it in the first pic. Amazing.

 

[David Stallard]

Now THAT is what you call camouflage - very well seen and taken

 

[KD_Reno]

Now THAT is what you call camouflage - very well seen and taken

Thanks! I watched the bird moving in and out of the vegetation for about ten minutes to get that shot. Tricky to get one just short of invisible.

 

[Kerro]

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That camouflage is amazing. Took a while to see him. Great capture and well done to you to be able to get that shot.

 

[Tim Mayo]

Superb camo and shot! Took me a good minute to find it!

 

[mziese]

Me too

 

[KD_Reno]

I hope everyone enjoyed the challenge. It's easy to see once you've found it, so I wasn't sure how challenging it would actually be on a first viewing.