Stu Bacon<p>That brown blob then sprouted a head!</p><p>As I suspected, it was a <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Bittern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bittern</span></a> holding onto bunches of reeds up above the water line. </p><p>I put my head back into reception and told them, all sorts of action broke out. There were people rushing to get telescopes and cameras!</p><p>It stayed there perched in the reeds and swaying in the wind for a while. 20 minutes maybe longer.</p><p>There’s a crowd gathered now (about 10 including me and Bee)</p><p>2/5</p>
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American bittern in the marsh! #BirdCallOut #bird #MarshMadness #bittern
FEATHRUARY 2025
Prompt 4: Camo
-> American Bittern
Huh, why did I post an empty canvas today? Oh, no no, it's not empty at all! If you look veeery closely, you can see the elusive American Bittern, an expert in camouflage. You've probably never seen one because these bois hide like there's annoying relatives coming over for the holidays.
All jokes aside, if you live in Canada or the Northern US, chances are you have come across one of those cuties. It inhabits marshes, lakes and ponds, where it likes to live by itself and to spend its time foraging for fish, crustaceans and insects.
Compared to the European Bittern, this fella is slightly smaller and its plumage is speckled, not barred. Its size is just between the regular and the mini blahaj, its weight is about as much as your average pack of flour.
FUN FACT
The American Bittern has obtained many nicknames, including but not limited to: Bog Bumper, Stake Driver, Thunder Pumper, Bog Bull, Bog Thumper, Mire Drum and Water Belcher (which is the nickname I, too, shall claim for myself.)
#feathruary #feathruary2025 #bird #birds #birb #birbs #birdart #digitalart #drawing #bittern #bitterns #americanbittern
Prompt 4: Camo
-> American Bittern
Huh, why did I post an empty canvas today? Oh, no no, it's not empty at all! If you look veeery closely, you can see the elusive American Bittern, an expert in camouflage. You've probably never seen one because these bois hide like there's annoying relatives coming over for the holidays.
All jokes aside, if you live in Canada or the Northern US, chances are you have come across one of those cuties. It inhabits marshes, lakes and ponds, where it likes to live by itself and to spend its time foraging for fish, crustaceans and insects.
Compared to the European Bittern, this fella is slightly smaller and its plumage is speckled, not barred. Its size is just between the regular and the mini blahaj, its weight is about as much as your average pack of flour.
FUN FACT
The American Bittern has obtained many nicknames, including but not limited to: Bog Bumper, Stake Driver, Thunder Pumper, Bog Bull, Bog Thumper, Mire Drum and Water Belcher (which is the nickname I, too, shall claim for myself.)
#feathruary #feathruary2025 #bird #birds #birb #birbs #birdart #digitalart #drawing #bittern #bitterns #americanbittern
New tool launched in bid to save the #bittern, "nationally critical" #endangered #bird https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/529279/interactive-map-launched-in-bid-to-save-the-bittern
RNZ · Interactive map launched in bid to save the bittern
Icon 219/366 - Yellow Bittern
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An American Bittern seen (through many, many reeds) today at the Parker River NWR on Plum Island, Mass.
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Morning all. Once bittern twice shy. xx
Bitterns are hard to see. #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #bittern #nature #photography