I agree with Ted Levin, I think it is an immature Black-crowned Night Heron. In the picture of the hammock, large white spots ARE visible on the wings, immature Yellow-crowns have very small spots on the wings. The general shape and size of the bird, especially the one where it is standing on the ground, doesnt look right for a bittern and the bill is too short and stocky.   Jeff<br><br>On Friday, July 13, 2018, kmilk &lt;<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]" target="_blank"><a href="/scripts/wa.exe?LOGON=A3%3Dind1807B%26L%3DUV-BIRDERS%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D53968%26B%3D--00000000000075a1470570e9c886%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3DUTF-8%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a></a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="font-family:Menlo-Regular;font-size:11px">Thanks much to quite a number of helpful experienced birders - it most likely is an American Bittern, especially noting the unspotted wing coverts.  My moment of fame, having one perch on my hammock!</span><div><span style="font-family:Menlo-Regular;font-size:11px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Menlo-Regular;font-size:11px">Norma</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Menlo-Regular;font-size:11px">Goose Pond</span></div></div>
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