Most bird watchers would agree that the American Bittern is not easy to spot ... may occasionally be closed to vehicular traffic for road maintenance or vegetation removal along the trail.

A young South American bittern fell exhausted in the rear yard of 411 West Thirty-third Street yesterday. August and Willie Schramm, two boys who live at that number, caught the bird. It fought ...

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Thu., April 24, 2025 An American bittern shows off its long wingspan in this photo by Buck Domitrovich. (Courtesy of Buck Domitrovich) An American bittern shows off its long wingspan in this photo ...

In this Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 photo, an American bittern hides in the grass during an annual 24-hour Christmastime ritual to count birds along the Texas Gulf Coast in Mad Island, Texas.

The arrival of a rare American Bittern to Britain has sparked a ‘mega-twitch’ with thousands of birdwatchers descending on the Suffolk broads to catch a glimpse of the elusive visitor.

Are you able to spot the American bittern tucked away in the weeds?Credit: Raylene Wall/ Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Birdwatcher Raylene Wall's nature snap has become a bit ...

p><p>Buck Domitrovich took this photo of an American bittern, a rare and hard-to-spot bird found in wetlands. Domitrovich took this photo on Tuesday at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge.