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Each year I look forward to the arrival of this species. They start showing up in November, and leave March/April. If you know the general area to look and patiently stare into the dry foliage, you will probably see at least one Bittern. Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas. 1/2019
Taken on a sunny morning in Suffolk. Difficult lighting and a heavily cropped image. This is the first Bittern image on my photostream, as the previous images I have taken, have been far too distant.
Viera Wetlands, Melbourne, FL
Linda accidentally flushed the bittern when she was walking down the road bordering the pond. The bittern flew into an adjacent tuft of grasses. We watched the bittern and after about 10 minutes, it started to look very alert and stretched out its body. We got our cameras ready and it flew low to the place it had originally been. We were ready with our settings and we got the shot. My first time getting an in-flight image of an American bittern. Now, on to the least bittern!
The artwork by Will Young depicts Bitterns at the RSPB Leighton Moss reserve.
It was permanently displayed at Carnforth Railway Station, Platform 2, Lancashire, UK.
Sponsored by Lancaster and Morecambe College, The Furness Line and the RSPB.
In 1997, this bird was on the brink of extinction in the UK, with only 11 males left, but thanks to dedicated conservation efforts, it had increased to 167 males in 2017.
As well as being rare, they are hard to spot and elusive, as they don't have bright blue and yellow plumage.
More snow last night, enough to cover my tracks in the gdn so now up to about 6 inches - 150mm. Not gone out again & nothing coming to my feeders of any note. Unloading some unposted Bittern pictures from 2012. Had never been so close to a Bittern
Crayfish are abundant right now and the Heron and Bitterns are enjoying themselves. Botaurus lentiginosus
Seconds before I shot the Great Egret, this American Bittern crashed into the reeds in front of me. It was a good minute of photography for me.
RSPB St. Aidans Natue Reserve.
The Bittern is a thickset heron with pale, buff-brown plumage covered with dark streaks and bars. It flies on broad, rounded, bowed wings. A secretive bird, very difficult to see, as it moves silently through reeds at water's edge, looking for fish. The males make a remarkable far-carrying, booming sound in spring. It's very small, reedbed-dependent population make it an Amber List species. It is also a Schedule 1 species, meaning it's illegal to intentionally recklessly disturb them.
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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris. I'd heard the Bittern booming, then noticed the top of the reed bed moving, then out he flew!
I spotted this Bittern as we were driving along the Harty Ferry Road, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, on 02/01/26. A great start to the year!
Blending in so well to the background these birds are very hard to find when they are perfectly still as some people found out today
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Bittern - Botaurus Stellaris
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Bittern - Botaurus Stellaris
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Bittern - Botaurus Stellaris
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