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 matuku or Australasian bittern is so good at being undercover, that it is difficult to find and track. Photo / Imogen Warren The trial of a drone equipped with thermal imaging has successfully ...

While most people are familiar with pulling weeds, Vincent Auclair has been pulling reeds. A lot of reeds. All by hand. All to help the least bittern, an elusive marsh bird, thrive. And Auclair, a ...

In a swamp just north of Newcastle a team of researchers is on the hunt for one of Australia's most secretive wetland birds, the Australasian bittern. The endangered Australasian bittern is the focus ...

The Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris) is a reclusive bird belonging to the heron family. Close to the size of a chicken, bitterns are a mix of golden-brown mottled with delicate black and tan.

YAKIMA, Wash. -- The American bittern is seldom seen in the Yakima area but you have a good chance of spotting one on Migratory Bird Day, May 13 at Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge. One of the many ...

Britain’s “loudest bird” is booming again after decades of population decline, conservationists have reported. A member of the heron family, the Eurasian bittern — Botaurus stellaris — is a reclusive, ...