Скачать или смотреть American Bittern by Cameron Hunter - 2024 Audubon Photography Awards

Photographer Cameron Hunter had been birding in the smoky haze, navigating backroads shrouded in thick wildfire smoke. As he pulled up to Scots Lake, he heard an unusual but welcome sound—the distinct, low- frequency pump-er-lunk call of the American Bittern. Scanning the dense vegetation, he soon encountered two American Bitterns calling, spotting a male and female chasing each other around the marsh. A short while later, a third bittern emerged from the dense vegetation and elevated itself on a grassy mound. It began shaking its head and inflating its neck; what came after was the sound—a spectacular display of their call.

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