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Several of us spent the last hour of daylight tonight out at Charleston 
Slough in the Palo Alto Baylands.  We were pleasantly surprised when an 
American Bittern flushed out of the grasses along Adobe Creek.  With our 
backs to Charleston Slough and "Skimmer Island" we re-found this bird in 
Adobe Creek in the grasses at the waters edge. We had the opportunity to 
observe it for 15 minutes as it maintained a frozen position with its neck 
stretched up and its beak pointing straight to the sky.  It quite resembled 
Edward Rook's artwork on page 1 of the book, Birding At The Bottom Of The Bay 
(3rd Edition).  Using our scopes we observed its eyes scanning every 
which-way as it foraged for food.   A great observation for several of us and 
a lifer for one!

Lisa Myers
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