While walking on the Audubon Corkscrew Swamp boardwalk, this American Bittern appeared out of the swamp. A lifer for me and the docents who protected it -- never before seen like this. I'll add a few photos of the many I took. He seemed to think he was in the weeds.

Swan Harbor farm Park flagged as rare ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18183494

Latkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand.

Bittern, Fishers Green NR, Essex, November 2023.

Initially thought this was the elusive least bittern, but nope.

Leighton Moss 12/10/13

Agia Lake Crete

Leighton Moss 12/10/13

Leighton Moss 12/10/13

Bittern mooching around at RSPB Minsmere spotted by Mrs WJ

A rare visitor to Mid Wales seen at Coed Y Dinas, Welshpool

This is only the third of these I've ever seen - and it was posing rather nicely in the reeds at Viera Wetlands (FL) this morning.

sbg

Bittern at Blashford Lakes.

bittern

Anahuac NWR, Texas

Bittern WWT Slimbridge

Humedal de Medio Queso

Los Chiles, Costa Rica

Bittern walking on ice at White Swan Lake, Berkshire. Only a record shot as it was far away and photo heavily cropped.

Sungai Rambai, Melaka, Malaysia

Digiscoped.

Best viewed on black. Press L.

Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris. Gosforth Park, Northumberland, UK.

American Bittern

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Bittern, Rye Meads RSPB, Essex, December 2016. Terrible fog tried to ruin it, but the bird won out.

Zmudowski S.B., Moss Landing, CA

Great Bittern, Botaurus stellaris, 大麻鳽, Mai Po Nature Reserve 米埔自然保護區, 21 Nov 2015 (D4s, AF-S NIKKOR 600MM F/4G ED VR)

Botaurus stellaris.....Bittern at Minsmere Nature Reserve, Suffolk, England

Leighton Moss 12/10/13

Bittern

Leighton Moss 12/10/13

Elk Glen Lk.

GoldenGate Pk. SFCA

2/5/16

A short story for this series, I happened to spot this bird while driving, was shooting out the passenger window, hard as heck to get a good shot, and the bird tried its best to stay with vegetation between us, I'm used to seeing them stock still, this one was moving like a freight train stopping only for a second or two, it finally broke out into the clearing where it let me get out for a couple quick shots then back the way it came.

Far west end of Dike Rd., Horicon NWR, WI.

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