{"id":20957,"date":"2025-02-27T06:27:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T11:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=20957"},"modified":"2025-02-27T06:27:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T11:27:23","slug":"bittern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=20957","title":{"rendered":"Bittern!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"20956\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=20956\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dsc09636-1.jpg?fit=2000%2C1622&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1622\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-6700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1737799663&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dsc09636-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dsc09636-1.jpg?fit=300%2C243&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dsc09636-1.jpg?fit=904%2C733&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"904\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dsc09636-1.jpg?resize=904%2C733&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-20956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dsc09636-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C830&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dsc09636-1.jpg?resize=300%2C243&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dsc09636-1.jpg?resize=768%2C623&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dsc09636-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1246&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dsc09636-1.jpg?resize=904%2C733&amp;ssl=1 904w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dsc09636-1.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dsc09636-1.jpg?w=1808&amp;ssl=1 1808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>American Bittern: Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, Florida, USA, January 2025 \u2014 I was very excited to see this American Bittern along the boardwalk at Orlando Wetlands, and to be able to show it to my photography class. Others saw it along the Bobcat trail, and it has, if the photos posted on Facebook are anything to go by, been seen regularly ever since. Some have gotten better photo ops than we were given\u2026it never did step out from behind the grasses, but we make do with what we get \ud83d\ude42 Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Note that this is an auto focus shot and the camera was able to focus on the eye even though it did not have a clear line of sight. \ud83d\ude42 Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. 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