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dhogaza, I went to RNWR yesterday but didn't see the stilt anywhere. Besides the usual array of critters I saw 4 or 5 male yellow headed blackbirds, an adult bald eagle, the smallest turtle I've ever seen there (about a 2 and 1/2" carapace length), a bunch of dragonflies and a few damselflies, a few ruddy ducks (same pond as the yh blackbirds), a yellowthroat, a male bittern putting on quite a show belching/burping for the ladies, and I heard some soras and another bittern.
The bittern I saw caught what appeared to be a giant water bug. The bittern squished it over and over with its beak for about 5 minutes before swallowing it. A few minutes later the bittern caught a large bull frog tadpole and swallowed it about 5 seconds later even though it was much larger than the water bug, which was pretty big itself. Apparently the bittern wanted to make sure that the water bug was really dead before swallowing it.
I forgot to mention the other day that last week there was an osprey hovering over Rest Lake (same day that I saw the stilt).
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