I saw many new birds on my trip to Florida last week. Most I had heard of before, and very much wanted to see. The Least Bittern, on the other hand, was not something I had heard about, likely because it is very secretive and very hard to see. It is a tiny bird, maybe half the size of a Green Heron. While touring the Wakodahatchee wetlands, I was told to watch out for this tiny bird. I was told that the best way to find it was to look for the dense cluster of photographers. When one is spotted, everyone crushes in to see it. I ended up spotting this bird about 4 or 5 times on this trip. Each time I found it on my own, which was truly amazing to me. It kept appearing wherever I was. I decided that I must have good Least Bittern karma. My first view was right by the boardwalk. He flew in and was foraging in the shallow water.  He slowly stalked for a few minutes, but flew off without catching anything.  The next day I was watching Common Gallinule fighting. I think the kerfuffle flushed the Bittern out of the reeds.  I was thrilled to actually get a shot of the bird in flight.  After landing, he popped up again in the reeds, but surrounded by flowers.  The next day I was visiting a different wetland, also a managed area with boardwalks. It was called Peaceful Waters. Unfortunately, it was landscape maintenance day, so it was far from peaceful there.  This male bird started to sing, so I set up to take video. Unfortunately, the landscaping crew were very close, and very loud. Only once was it quiet enough to hear his call.    This bird is now on the top of my list of favorites. I was completely won over by how many sightings I had of this very secretive bird.