Spotted a Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis) in its classic posture that perfectly blends it into the surroundings during my morning walk in the park. Found within Asia, this bird breeds in East and Southeast Asia winters in south China, Southeast Asia and New Guinea. Common winter visitor and passage migrant. It can be found in habitats like marshes, grasslands, ponds and reservoirs. The vertical brown stripes along its narrow throat extends to an elongated, slightly broader head that in turn ends in a narrow pointed bill. All these provide the illusion of the bittern being part of the reed grass and lotus leaf stalks of this freshwater wetland habitat.