Thu., April 24, 2025 An American bittern shows off its long wingspan in this photo by Buck Domitrovich. (Courtesy of Buck Domitrovich) An American bittern shows off its long wingspan in this photo by ...

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In this Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 photo, an American bittern hides in the grass during an annual 24-hour Christmastime ritual to count birds along the Texas Gulf Coast in Mad Island, Texas. The data ...

A photographer says this American Bittern bird eats a mud snake as the critter tried making its third escape. Brazos Bend State Park - Texas Parks and Wildlife/Facebook Screengrab A snake found itself ...

While hidden in the marsh this American Bittern came real close to me it tried to find me when it heard the camera shutter click. Taken May 15 2024 Turnbull wildlife refuge. Photographer: Buck ...

While hiking and looking for great wildlife moments, hiker and photographer Elise Kitchens captured a "once-in-a-lifetime" shot of an American Bittern eating a Red-bellied Mudsnake at Brazos Bend ...

American Bittern eating a mud snake at Brazos Bend State Park in March 2022. (Elise Kitchens, Elise Kitchens) BRAZOS BEND STATE PARK, Texas – The early bird gets the worm — or in this case, the snake.

The Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region (MABR) has launched a critical Conditional Pledge Drive to help secure the remaining 24 ...

Two adult trumpeter swans were in Marina Lake on Presque Isle State Park on Tuesday. An American bittern flew out of Niagara Pond on Tuesday evening and another Wednesday night. Three black-crowned ...