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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, ALB, Canada

photographs by Ron Kemp

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Bittern by Linda Petersen American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)

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Eurasian Bittern

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[170/10,977] American Bittern - Botaurus lentiginosus

Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae (herons) Subfamily: Botaurinae (bitterns)

Photo credit: Matthew Addicks via Macaulay Library

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BOTD: Pinnated Bittern

Photo: Mauricio Silvera

"Cryptic heron of freshwater marshes in tropical lowlands. Usually in areas with tall grasses or rushes, rarely in open situations. When alarmed, often freezes motionless with neck upstretched. The neck is finely barred horizontally, but the body plumage is vertically streaked (not horizontally barred and banded, as on immature tiger-herons). Compare with immature night-herons, which have streaked, not finely barred necks."

- eBird

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#516, an american bittern.

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Eurasian Bittern for a $5 Ko-fi supporter

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Garden strawberry or Fragaria ananassa

The garden strawberry is a widely grown hybrid species of the genus Fragaria, collectively known as the strawberries, which are cultivated worldwide for their fruit.

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i saw an american bittern today and i have never been more excited

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American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus

11/27/2022 San Jacinto Wildlife Area, California

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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, Canada

photographs by Karel Denny

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Letter from the Bittern by Ann and Chris Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)

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American Bittern

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[438/10,977] Australasian Bittern - Botaurus poiciloptilus

Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae (herons) Subfamily: Botaurinae (bitterns)

Photo credit: David Irving via Macaulay Library

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A Feathursday in Wading

This week we present a few wading birds -- some by lakes and rivers, some by the seashore -- rendered in black and white and hand-colored wood engravings by British author and wood engraver Eric Fitch Daglish (1892-1966) from his 1948 publication Birds of the British Isles, published in London by J. M. Dent & Sons in a limited edition of 1500 copies. Shown here from top to bottom are:

Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)

Birds of the British Isles is a donation from our friend, Wisconsin wood engraver Tony Drehfal.

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BOTD: American Bittern

Photo: Mike Mosser

"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 at dusk or at night, carries for long distances across the marsh."

- Audubon Field Guide