The Eurasian bittern, a secretive British wetland bird, announces its presence with a distinctive low-frequency 'boom' during ...

Male bitterns make the sound to establish territories and attract mates by opening and closing their bills, gulping air and inflating their esophagus.

I spend the entire month of June on a boat watching the sunrise and sunset. I do this because I am leading wildlife photography tours, to capture images of Loons. I am so fortunate to be outside, ...

The "once heard, never forgotten" call of a rare bird has been heard at a nature reserve - just 15 minutes from Essex - for the very first time. RSPB Rainham Marshes, located beside the Thames, ...

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The song of the male bittern – the king of the reedbed – sounds like a foghorn.

On day in early-mid November, I was splashing and splodging around in one of the campground lakes, noting signs of beaver activity. As I emerged from this little exploration and came up onto the road, ...

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Davidson Township, Sullivan County – as the American bittern manuervered through the tall grass toward the open water of Splash Dam Pond, it didn’t look like a dangerous bird. The bittern, which is on ...