Bitterns
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Bitterns
A7R4 in APS-C mode
A1. 12 Jun 2022
FE 200-600/5.6-6.3 G
MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2
190XPROB/GHFG1. 14 Dec 2021
MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1. May 2022
Yellow Bittern
A small, pale buffy-brown bittern. Male is black-crowned and black on flight feathers and tail.
Male flying Yellow Bittern, f6.3 1/1600. @600mm, ISO 1250, Keppel Discovery Wetlands, 11 Feb 2022
Male, A6400, f8 1/800. @600mm, ISO 1600, Jurong Lake Garden, 11 Jan 2021
A6400, f7.1 1/2500. @600mm, ISO 800, Satay by the Bay Lily Pond, 19 Feb 2021
A6400, f7.1 1/2500. @600mm, ISO 800, Satay by the Bay Lily Pond, 19 Feb 2021
Juvenile Yeloow Bittern usually shows heavy dark streaking on back and underparts.
A6400, f8 1/500. @600mm, ISO 800, Jurong Lake Garden Fusion Spoon, 11 Jan 2021
f10 1/2000. @600mm, ISO 800, Kingfisher Wetlands Park, 4 Mar 2022
Juvenile Yellow Bittern, f10 1/2500. @600mm, ISO 800, Kingfisher Wetlands Park, 4 Mar 2022
f10 1/2000. @600mm, ISO 800, Kingfisher Wetlands Park, 4 Mar 2022
Angry Bittern after missing a catch, f8 1/1000. @600mm, ISO 800, Kingfisher Wetlands Park, 13 Jan 2022
f8 1/1250. @600mm, ISO 800, Kingfisher Wetlands Park, 13 Jan 2022
f8 1/1250 @600mm, ISO 1250, Kingfisher Wetlands Park, 17 Mar 2022
f8 1/1600. @600mm, ISO 1250, Kingfisher Wetlands Park, 17 Mar 2022
f8 1/1600. @600mm, ISO 1250, Kingfisher Wetlands Park, 4 Mar 2022
Black Bittern
A large, dark bittern with streaked underparts. Combination of blackish plumage, buffy sides of throat, neckand upper breast and dark bill, legs and feet is diagnostic. First-winter bird shows pale fringing on upperpart feathers.
A6400, f8 1/500. @600mm, ISO 800, Satay by the Bay, 19 Feb 2021
Von Schrenck's Bittern
Small, strikingly-coloured bittern with contrasting dark back and pale wings. Adult male rich chestnut from face, hindback to lower back, contrasting strongly with buff underparts, shoulder and wing coverts. Female similar but wings entirely chestnut, with bold spotting upperparts and wings. Both sexes crown black. Young birds are heavily spotted on upperparts, and boldly streaked on underparts.
Female, f8 1/1000. @560mm, ISO 8000, Hougang Ave 10, 19 Nov 2021
Female, f9 1/80. @560mm, ISO 1600, Hougang Ave 10, 19 Nov 2021