Black Bittern_rare bird

[Samrat Sarkar]

photographed in my village in Nadia, WB, 1st February, 2014..
spotted this shy bird several times in our "Boisa beel" during monsoon but never got a chance to take a picture before...i think it is the female..because of its brownish colour...the male is more blackish...
7d, sigma 150-500
ISO 320, 1/500, f 7.1, HH, cropped..

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice catch Samrat...not easy to get good pics as it is both shy and also mostly nocturnal.

TFS
Roopak

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice to see this. I have never photographed this species. Hopefully we will see more images of this species from you in future. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice sighting of this rare bird. Good eye contact. Slight loss of details, maybe due to crop. Hope you get it closer next time. Thanks for sharing.