. Bird lore . LEAST BITTERNOrder—Herodiones Family—Ardeid,« Genus—IxoBRYCHus Species—exilis National Association of Audubon Societies Least Bittern 199 as though a small portion of the denser rush clump had quietly moved upwardinto view. And then, as I gazed, the motion of the reeds ceased and the objectblended with the reed stalks and disappeared. Puzzled and curious, I waited,but nothing more happened. Laying my fishing-pole on the lily-pads, I pickedup the paddle and slowly and cautiously pushed the boat forward. Not untilthe prow of the boat came to a stop within 5 feet of the spot I was s
. Bird lore . LEAST BITTERNOrder—Herodiones Family—Ardeid,« Genus—IxoBRYCHus Species—exilis National Association of Audubon Societies Least Bittern 199 as though a small portion of the denser rush clump had quietly moved upwardinto view. And then, as I gazed, the motion of the reeds ceased and the objectblended with the reed stalks and disappeared. Puzzled and curious, I waited,but nothing more happened. Laying my fishing-pole on the lily-pads, I pickedup the paddle and slowly and cautiously pushed the boat forward. Not untilthe prow of the boat came to a stop within 5 feet of the spot I was so intentlywatching were my eyes able to again outline the yellowish brown mass whosemovements I had watched a few moments before. Grasping the stem of a stal-wart reed, with body erect and long bill pointed skyward, there stood a bird,silent and motionless as the rushes around it. Can any bird of the wilderness,by remaining motionless, be better hidden in its surroundings than the LeastBittern? If so,
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