long-necked long-billed stripey brown bird skulking in green grass
The Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #stripes — any bird with stripes in their plumage.
American Bittern, Kansas 2020
#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Bitterns #FlyoverCountry
An ink and pencil drawing of an encounter I had with two Bitterns on a frozen Kenfig pool a few years ago.
#bitterns #birdart #herons #kenfigpool #wildlifeart #inkdrawing #pencildrawing
With its camouflage, the American Bittern is a difficult bird to spot except when it steps out from the matching reeds.
#bitterns #birds #birding #birdwatching #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #birding #ornithology #vögel #oiseauxsauvage #vögelbeobachten #pnw #eastcoastkin #wildlife #nature
Brown water hyacinths and tall grasses in the back. Somewhere in the middle, a brown bittern stalking a prey.
I love bitterns. This one was visible because its stripes went the wrong way against the vegetation. It didn't care because it was about to catch a really nice lunch. More photos to come.
Southeast Texas, December 2025.
#Birds #Bitterns #Herons #Photography #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography
Portrait showing the shades of brown, the bright white, and the blues. And those pretty amber eyes. The bird is facing the camera, head up, looking at the camera from both sides of its beak.
Portrait of an American bittern looking down on me.
Southeast Texas, December 2025.
#Birds #Herons #Bitterns #Photography #NaturePhotography #Camouflage #Portraits #BirdPhotography
Portrait showing the shades of brown, the bright white, and the blues. And those pretty amber eyes.
Wonderful camouflage in shades of brown.
Wonderful camouflage in shades of brown.
American bittern.
Southeast Texas, December 2025.
#Birds #Herons #Bitterns #Photography #NaturePhotography #Camouflage #Portraits #BirdPhotography
An update on the #My200 progress- I’m now at 190- so close! One month left. Thanks to @anthrobirder.bsky.social & @jdroberts.bsky.social tips I managed to see #bitterns, #WaterRail & #BeardedTit. Best pics from the last month are in the 🧵
And this (available to purchase from Jackie's website) for anyone who loves Bitterns!
www.jcurtisart.com/section88999...
#ceramics #art #birds #bitterns
Time for another set of close up captures, this time of some of the Grey Herons & Bitterns from my trip to @rspbminsmere.bsky.social last month.
#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography @rspb.bsky.social #birdphotography #ukbirding #wildlifephotography #Herons #wildlife #Bitterns
Bitterns are devilishly hard to see. But every now and then you get one in the open. If you're really lucky, it will stay there long enough for you to get a photo. 😀 This is the Eurasian variety, also known as the Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) #BirdingHungary #bitterns #herons #waders #birds
Michael J. Warren selfie at Minsmere
View from Island Mere hide at RSPB Minsmere.
Sat here early this morning at Island Mere hide at @rspbminsmere.bsky.social. Entire reserve to myself and I’ve been rewarded with 4 great bittern sightings. Never anything less than magical, as though I see them for the first time every time. #Bitterns #earlymorningbirding
...and keep your eyes peeled for VERY exciting news coming soon, about the species we can learn about through CallTrackers acoustic monitoring...
#Tasmania #CallTrackers #NatureTrackers #bats #bitterns #citizenscience #stem #nationalscienceweek #acoustic #conservation 🌏 🧪🪶🦇🌿🎙️
Looking out across a broad with the reeds and trees shrouded in heavy rain.
A bittern dropping into the reeds.
A water rail briefly appeared out of the reeds.
It was , as the Scot’s say, a dreich day yesterday. It was the final bittern watch of the season at Strumpshaw fen and there was a final flight seen.
#bitterns
#birds
#norfolkbirds
Bittern. July 2024. Canon R5.
#birds #ukwildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #ukbirds #bitterns #r5
A Least Bittern in wetland habitat, grasping tall grasses. Bird has long bill, dark brown cap, brown and white vertical stripes on round body, bright green legs, and long, black feet. Water in foreground.
For #BlueskyArtShow Theme: #Underneath… a Least Bittern, well hidden underneath it all, in marsh grasses.
#birds #birders #bitterns #birdphotography #photography #outdoors #wildlife #PhotographersUnited #ArtYear #nature #naturephotography #thelittlethings #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky 🪶
Similarly to #Bitterns, one of the blessings of living where I am is how common Western Marsh #Harriers are for me. Also like Bitterns, Marsh Harriers were fundamentally extinct in the UK, with I believe only one individual left.
Living in Somerset, I am lucky enough to be quite frequently exposed to Eurasian #Bitterns, Botaurus stellaris, a species of bird once extinct from hunting and habitat loss in the UK. Here are some photos I took of an individual in flight only a couple weeks ago.
Least Bittern is my cemetery nemesis bird. Only 2 records: '75 & '76, both by Joe D. I've seen multiple times in Prospect Park & JBWR, which made this morning's discovery all the more disturbing #birds #birding #bird #nature #wildlife #bitterns
A very well camouflaged brown and white bird, hunting in the grass of the marsh
A very well camouflaged brown and white bird, hunting in the grass of the marsh
A very well camouflaged brown and white bird, hunting in the grass of the marsh
A very well camouflaged brown and white bird, hunting in the grass of the marsh
I was crouching on the trail, watching a bittern hunt, when I felt I wasn't alone. I turned around...
#Birds #Bitterns #Photography #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #TexasStateParks
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Growing of yellow bittern’s neck
#yellowbitterns #bitterns #birdwatching #singaporebirds
It’s within the next few weeks that the reserve come into its own. We say goodbye to the over wintering birds & a hello to influx of #Warblers #Cuckoos a cacophony of noise from the waders & geese. The booming #Bitterns the calling #Cranes & many others that make our reserve special.
I've been going through all of the bird videos I've shot over the years and am going to post a few, starting with this one of an American Bittern on the hunt #birds #herons #bitterns
Bitterns in ink and colour pencil. From photos taken at Kenfig pool a few years ago. #bitterns #birdart #drawing
Had a great view of a Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis) fishing in the open for about 20 minutes along the banks of the EcoLake in the Singapore Botanic Garden.
#bitterns #herons #YellowBittern #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2024 #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
Least bittern taking off from the reeds, legs dangling and wings blurred from movement.
Least Bittern taking off after realizing I spotted it, which isno easy task, as these little guys are hard to spot in the tall reeds/grasses! #birds #bitterns #herons #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #nature
Ace habitat diversity & complexity in @RSPBAireValley #StAidans reedbeds. Niches for multiple species. Alive with #Bitterns #BlackNeckedGrebes #Pochards #Garganey and #BlackHeadedGulls. No accident. Constant tinkering & dynamic management from the site team. Superb. #RSPBEcology
