This Mesoamerican endemic is normally found in swampy areas (like Mangroves) from southeast Mexico to northern South America, but on 7 July 2013, a young ornithologist named Matt Daw noticed one walk through his viewfinder while videotaping a Least Bittern at Bosque del Apache N.W.R. in Socorro County, in south-central NM. I took these photos between 6 and 7 pm on 13 July 2013.

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