Least Bitterns are small and very tough to see. Fortunately you can get them to respond to an imitation of their call. Yesterday I headed out to Spring Bluff FP in Winthrop Harbor to see if I could hear a calling Least. I got there at around 5am. Leasts are mostly nocturnal, though they are active early in the am as well. I parked in the North Point Marina Skipper Bud's parking area and walked the closed road south a ways. I played the call twice but got no response. I decided to just drive along the N/S entrance rd. and play the call a couple of times that way since it would carry better. After hitting my 3rd spot along the road, I heard the clear "coo-coo-coo" of, not one, but 2 LEAST BITTERNS! Woohoo!
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