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, ...

Scientists tracking the shy heron species’ foghorn-like song have recorded more than 150 males across England and Wales, up from 11 in 1997 The once beleaguered bittern is booming, literally and ...

As Kathy was photographing wading birds at Brazos Bend State Park recently, she snapped a picture of what she thought was a green heron. But she wondered if it was a least bittern. A few minutes later ...

An Australasian Bittern chick hatched in a rice bay.(Matt Herring) The Australasian bittern is a strange bird. It has a low, loud call, and has been known to use grass stalks as tools. Strangest of ...

One evening last month, I visited a marshy area in Pickaway County in hopes of hearing a rail, most likely a king, Virginia or sora. If any were there, they were quiet that evening. But a soft song -- ...

The bittern, one of the UK's rarest birds, has had its best year on record. The numbers of breeding males has topped 100 for the first time since it came back from extinction in 1997. Conservationists ...

The American Bittern’s “pumper-lunk” call has got to be one of the strangest sounds I have ever heard. When I first heard it, I thought the sound was coming from some kind of oddball frog, but when I ...

The grey mass of cloud that has brought light snow, sleet and fine rain during the day is finally moving off to the east. Behind it, the clear sky is turning dark blue. Thin streamers of pinkish cloud ...

One of the UK's rarest birds, the bittern, is making a new comeback from extinction, after its best year on record led to the numbers of breeding males topping 100 for the first time. Here is a ...

A bittern, one of Britain's rarest birds, has been rescued after it was found walking along a road in Preston, Lancashire, the RSPCA said. 20 February 2009 • 4:29pm Bittern: The bittern, which lives ...