My guide January pointed out a bird in the middle of the reeds. It took a while before I could detect it. Once I located it, I could move slightly to the right and thus got a series of pictures where you can discern it through the reeds. But - I had a hard time determining what species it was. It looked like a bittern, but the colors did not resemble any of those I hade seen on bitterns in the guide books. The bill was red and the plumage bluish. But - when it suddenly flew up - the two white fields on the upper side of the wings appeared and then there was no doubt. It was a Little bittern! Later, I learned that males of the subspecies payesii can actually look like this - far from the streaky brown appearance that you expected of a bittern...