[EBB Sightings] American Bittern at Contra Loma Res

This morning for several minutes, we watched an American Bittern stalking through the reeds at Contra Loma Reservoir in Antioch.?At one point, a?Great Blue Heron, a Green Heron and the Bittern formed a triangle?as they hunted in the pools of mud and water about 5 feet apart.?
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The Bittern was walking?in the flattened reeds on the left side of Loma Island near the tip of the island.
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In addition to the reservoir's usual?resident birds, we saw two Tufted Titmice,?two Belted Kingfishers, four Forster's Terns,?and seven Snipes.
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