{"id":36480,"date":"2014-05-03T18:32:29","date_gmt":"2014-05-03T10:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/?p=36480"},"modified":"2023-06-24T17:16:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T09:16:59","slug":"von-schrencks-bittern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2014\/05\/03\/von-schrencks-bittern\/","title":{"rendered":"Von Schrenck&#8217;s Bittern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Von Schrenck&#8217;s Bittern (<em>Ixobrychus eurhythmus<\/em>) is a rare migrant which is generally hard to spot as it is a shy and small bittern which typically lurks behind vegetation near a stream.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/BitternVS-LenaChow-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/BitternVS-LenaChow-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"BitternVS [LenaChow] - 1\" width=\"590\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/BitternVS-LenaChow-1.jpg 590w, https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/BitternVS-LenaChow-1-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was loud screeching that betrayed the presence of this female Von Schrenck&#8217;s Bittern, as she was chasing off a female Cinnamon Bittern (<em>I. cinnamomeus<\/em>) in her patch of the mangroves, where I had observed her before behind dense vegetation. I could not get a clear video of the squabbling pair, but when they parted ways and calm had returned to the mangroves, I managed to video this rare bittern going about her regular foraging. I&#8217;ve always been slightly amused with the long retractable neck of bitterns and pond-herons, which resemble a telescope to me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/BitternVS-LenaChow-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/BitternVS-LenaChow-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"BitternVS [LenaChow] - 2\" width=\"590\" height=\"440\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/BitternVS-LenaChow-2.jpg 590w, https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/BitternVS-LenaChow-2-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the clip below, much to my delight, the Von Schrenck&#8217;s obliges with a fascinating display of repeated extension and retraction of her telescopic neck as she goes about her foraging.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"590\" height=\"330\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nf-6dtB3578\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2011\/10\/20\/lena-chow-a-new-breed-of-nature-videographer-2\/\">Lena Chow<\/a><br \/>\nSingapore<br \/>\n12th April 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Von Schrenck&#8217;s Bittern (Ixobrychus eurhythmus) is a rare migrant which is generally hard to spot as it is a shy and small bittern which typically lurks behind vegetation near a stream. \u201cIt was loud screeching that betrayed the presence of this female Von Schrenck&#8217;s Bittern, as she was chasing off a female Cinnamon Bittern [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":36481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,16,98],"tags":[406],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36480"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}