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Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
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Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
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Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
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Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
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Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
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Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
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Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
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Female Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
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Male Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) on Nest
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Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) - ACK ACK ACK call
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Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) - perspective of difficulty of detection
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Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
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Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) "Tut Tut Tut Tut" call
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Male Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) "chack" call
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Male Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) using my canoe to chill
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Male Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) incubating on nest
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Male Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) singing
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Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis), Sora (Porzana carolina), and Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) all vocalizing
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Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) male 1 singing
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Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) male 2 singing close
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Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) nest building with a fly by Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
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Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) in the cattails - male 1
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Female Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
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Male Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) singing
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Female Least Bittern (I. exilis) preening with a Virginia Rail (R. limicola) scolding in the background
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Female Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) preening, fluffing out its feathers, then walking away
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Female Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) preening, hissing at a dive bombing Red-winged Blackbird then walking away
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Female Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) hissing at a Red-winged Blackbird
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Female Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) swaying and preening
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Female Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) with a second LEBI giving a flight call about 1/2 way through
