Apologies for the late report.
Yesterday, at about 6:10pm, I heard a Least Bittern calling from the southern
end of the southernmost pool at Hog Island, adjacent to the mailbox where
entrance placards are returned. The bird appeared to be in a section of
phragmites, but there was also a stand of shorter vegetation (sedges, I
believe) that the bird could have been within. I never saw the bird, but it
continued to call until I left, about 15 minutes later. There was possibly a
second bird as well.
Elisa Enders
Portsmouth, VA
