Extensive freshwater marshes are the favored haunts of this large, stout, solitary heron. It is seldom seen as it slips through the reeds, but its odd pumping or booming song, often heard …

Jun 13, 2015 · You'll need sharp eyes to catch sight of an American Bittern. This streaky, brown and buff heron can materialize among the reeds, and disappear as quickly, especially when …

Bitterns are birds belonging to the subfamily Botaurinae of the heron family Ardeidae. Bitterns tend to be shorter-necked and more secretive than other members of the family.

Note striped neck, plain unspotted wings, and even more secretive behavior of bittern. Most active around dawn and dusk, when it might be seen flying low over extensive marshes.

The American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) is a wading bird in the heron family that is best known for the unique, loud, guttural call made by the male, which has resulted in it being given …

Bittern, any of 12 species of solitary marsh birds of the subfamily Botaurinae, family Ardeidae (order Ciconiiformes), allied to the herons (subfamily Ardeinae) but with shorter neck and …

American Bitterns are mid-size herons with stout bodies and necks, long beaks, and short yellow legs. Both male and female adults have brown upperparts flecked with black; their brown and …

A distinguishing feature of this bird is a black streak that extends from the eye down the side of its neck. Males and females are similar in appearance, but males are slightly larger.

Mar 4, 2020 · The American Bittern is a solitary, cryptically colored heron that breeds in freshwater wetlands from the mid-United States to northern Canada. It prefers wetlands …

It is a well-camouflaged, solitary brown bird that unobtrusively inhabits marshes and the coarse vegetation at the edge of lakes and ponds. In the breeding season it is chiefly noticeable by …