ML88173571

Age and sex

Immature Unknown sex - 2

Media notes

At -33.976647, 151.066227.

Observation details

A locally vagrant immature Black Bittern was observed between 3:42pm and 4:16pm about Lime Kiln Bay Wetlands. It was initially discovered at 3:42pm when it flushed from where the main pond was spilling over into the reed bed at -33.976449, 151.065983 to a patch of dense vegetation growing at -33.976343, 151.066692. Thereafter it flew to -33.976409, 151.067094 where it first stood in the shallow water before jumping onto the bank. It remained there for some three minutes. It then flew to the Swamp Oak (Casuarina glauca) at -33.976647, 151.066227. And a few minutes afterwards it departed that tree and perched high in the Swamp Oak located on the island at -33.976422, 151.066626. At 4:14pm it left the main pond and flew westward to the runoff channel which runs along the firetrail and two minutes later it disappeared into the reeds growing around the willow tree (Salix species) at -33.976735, 151.065490.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 5D

ISO

640

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/10.0

Shutter speed

1/800 sec

Dimensions

1912 pixels x 1359 pixels

Original file size

1.15 MB