[EBB Sightings] American Bittern

On Friday, October 13, I birded Contra Loma Regional Park in Antioch and 
observed an American Bittern.  I returned this morning, but could not
relocate the bird; however, did get excellent views of a Sora and Green
Heron.  The list of birds for the two mornings is as follows:

Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Mallard
Lesser Scaup
Turkey Vulture
White-tailed Kite
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Kestrel
California Quail
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Bushtit
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Western Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Loggerhead Shrike (eating a wasp)
Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon)
Common Yellowthroat
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

Paul Schorr, Antioch