Another of those heard before seen marsh birds. These small little guys are loud too! This one hopped up onto a cattail to check out the surroundings before plunging back into the thick stuff...only to be heard loudly again.
Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/200s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, small crop for comp, usual eye work, darkened the cattail, audio used.