I took my first series of photos of the well-seen November Least Bittern that were marginally better, but the date was wrong on my camera (defaults to January 1, 2017). Fixed that and took these marginal second series of photos.
I don't know the best explanation for why a Least Bittern would be on the edges of Lake Erie in November. Delayed? Misdirected during southward migration? Lost?
I sort of like the delayed cause since we have had, by and large, a very mild autumnal season and least bittern is a nesting bird in the area. Secondary to climate charge, we know that some bird species are moving northward slowly; why not the corollary explanation for autumnal movement southward?
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