#bittern

[awkwardbirdsdreaming]

Stressing over deadlines so no bird of the day sorry!

As usual, a doodle from before for your enjoyment instead. I think about bitterns and herons a lot.

[papaya-inspiration]

@bittern-appreciator

twisting and bitturning

[spinus-pinus]

American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus

6/26/2024 Benton County, Washington

Jef B. via iNaturalist, CC-BY-NC

[bowelfly]

Brother Ignatz trying to get out of dish duty by pretending to be a stand of reeds. again.

[moved-967558]

Bitterns in Russian cities masterpost

[bob-artist]

Bittern at the grocery store

[simplified-birds]

Simplified bird #75 - american bittern

( requested by @jujstarzzzzy )

[herpsandbirds]

Black Bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, India

photograph by Vineet Arora

[timeforknightautisming]

Least Bittern Appreciation

Just look at this silly creature

AND LOOK AT HOW LITTLE THEY ARE

Truly one of the creatures of all time

[errantsquam]

american bittern, ~30min

reference photo by jeff osborne https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/269135761

[filurig]

ok new sona bcs i have been ardeidaepilled for a few months (eurasian bittern)

[awkwardbirdsdreaming]

Bird #38 - the Australasian bittern (VU)

If you're in a wetland in Australia or New Zealand, you might hear the rhythmic 'booming' call of male bitterns. (I don't really know why it's called booming, it sounds like a low and sad 'mhuh'). Females instead make 'kau kau' alarm calls, and apparently make a bubbling sound when returning to their nests, whatever that means.

Their numbers have unfortunately been in decline due to the destruction of wetlands - these birds require pristine habitat to forage and do their zooping.

[birds--daily]

day 32

today's bird is the least bittern!

I LOVE THE LEAST BITTERN!!!!!!!

- least bitterns use their curved claws to hunt while suspended from reeds

- they can compress their bodies to extraordinary degrees to fit between tiny gaps in reeds

- they are the smallest member of the family ardeidae, on average measuring 11-14 inches in length and weighing in at only 1.6-3.4 ounces

[bowelfly]

psst hey buddy, wanna buy some rare cordials? maybe an herbal tincture? some elderberry wine? chartreuse? whatever you want we got it

Brothers Ignatz & Solomon

[spinus-pinus]

American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus

11/27/2022 San Jacinto Wildlife Area, California

[bob-artist]

My new print shop is FINALLY open!!

I cannot tell you how many times people have requested these particular pieces as prints, and I had to keep saying I'd just closed my print shop and didn't have a new one yet.

WELL, now I finally have a print shop again! You can find these four pieces, and more in the future, at Inprint!

Buy Dumb Bird Art at My Inprnt Shop

(If you want any of my other pieces, send me an ask and I'll add it to the shop if it fits Inprnt's format! For now, I'm only including pieces that have been requested.)