Here's a bit of baby bittern fun to take us in to the holiday weekend! Watch as these little American Bitterns are joined by the most recent hatchling. Video by Cheryl Reynolds | International Bird Rescue

American bittern singing (Botaurus lentiginosus) | BIRDS & Nature

This American Bittern was just released. Another success! | The Raptor Trust

Happy new week! 🐈‍⬛ We got to hear an American Bittern on our canoe trip last night! 🙀 We have never heard one before and either has our Meowmy! 🤎 Ledges and Coal #blackcattrails #catadventures #americanbittern #catexplorer #blackcatsaremagic #panthercat #canoelife #catreels #catsofwisconsin #northernwisconsin #feline #blackcatsofinstagram #catsoutside | blackcattrails

American Bittern… aka "thunder-pumper", "stake-driver", "mire-drum". Though not often seen, their sounds are commonly heard in the Refuge marshes this time of year. These secretive marshbirds frequent shorelines and vegetation edges that are dominated by tall emergent wetland plants. Their calls - loud, low, resonant, pumping sounds - are used to communicate within the thick vegetation, apparently to defend territory and find mates. This individual was both heard and seen (through a spotting sco