Toggle navigation
Emperor Ken's World
Store
Galleries
Home
Oil
Pastel, Pencil, Ink
Digital
Animation
Photography
Commercial
Music
Songbird ReMix
Home
Store & Downloads
Bird Encyclopedia
Newsletters
Nature's Wonders
Tutorials
Hall of Fame
Elsa's Cockatoo Corner
Nature's Wonders
Home
Products
Quail Hollow
Home
The Houses
The Garden
Flora and Fauna
Bird List
Bird Photos
Fauna Photos
Flora Photos
Fun Stuff
Home
TI-99/4a
WOT Condors Clan
KBGB Enterprises
Diversions
Downloads
About
About Ken
Press
Awards
Art Biography
Eco-Talk Blog
Contact
Search
×
Search Emperor Ken's World
View source
From SongbirdReMixWiki
for
American Bittern
Jump to:
navigation
,
search
[[Image:Americanbittern.jpg]] '''Common Name:''' American Bittern<br> '''Scientific Name:''' Botaurus lentiginosus '''Size:''' 23 ½ - 27 ½ inches (59-70 cm) '''Habitat:''' North and Central America; winters in the southern United States and Central America. It summers throughout Canada and much of the United States. As a long-distance migrant, it is a very rare vagrant in Europe, including Great Britain and Ireland. Found (usually well-hidden) in bogs, marshes and wet meadows. '''Status:''' Least Concern. Global population: 3,000,000. This bird's numbers have declined in the southern parts of its range due to habitat loss. Bitterns are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. '''Diet:''' Amphibians, fish, insects and reptiles. '''Nesting:''' This bird nests in isolated places with the female building the nest and the male guarding it. Two or three eggs get incubated by the female for 29 days, and the chicks leave after 6-7 weeks. '''Cool Facts:''' Bitterns are camouflage experts; when alarmed, the bittern points its bill skyward and aligns its body contours, and thus the stripes on its breast with the surrounding vertical wetland grasses. This is commonly known as the “bittern-stance” that the bird can maintain for hours.. Its far-carrying booming call is distinctive, but the bittern itself likes to keep under cover. '''Found in Shorebirds Volume II: Herons and Bitterns'''
Return to
American Bittern
.
Views
Page
Discussion
View source
History
Personal tools
Log in
Navigation
Main Page
Songbird ReMix website
FAQ
Songbird ReMix Products
Environment & Birds
Random page
Help
Songbird ReMix Bird Library
Within the Continental US
Northern Canada & the Arctic
Central America & Carribean
South America
Africa
Europe
Asia & Indonesia
Oceania: Australia & New Zealand
Oceania: Hawaii & Polynesia
Antactica & Sub-Antartica
Imaginary & Mythical
Search
Toolbox
What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages