Nov 26, 2024
Yellow Bittern (Botaurus sinensis)
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Yellow Bittern (Botaurus sinensis)
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A Predator’s Predator
A Yellow Bittern (Botaurus sinensis) running after a Keelback under it in the thicket in the Gardens by the Bay. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.
The bittern was so engrossed in the hunt that it was oblivious to my following it barely 6 feet (1.8 m) away alongside it. It lost the small snake though.