American Bittern, Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands at Viera Florida.

My daughter Sally was riding in the second car during our Point and Shoot Nature Photographer field trip to the Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands in Viera Florida on the last day of the Space Coast Birding and Nature Festival and managed to spot this American Bittern in the reeds beside the road. When I stopped to photograph nesting Herons on their palm stumps I realized she was not behind me, and walked back to see what her car load was looking at. Wonderful bird. Another group with more eyes (I will not say better eyes, but they had at least 3 superbirders with them) found 5 American Bitterns at Viera that morning, but we were happy with our one! Sony RX10iv at 600mm. Program mode. 1/400th @ ISO 100 @ f4. Processed in Polarr and assembled in FrameMagic.