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 ...

As its name suggests, the little bittern is the smallest species of the heron family: it is about 30 cm tall, which is more or less the size of a raven. Male little bitterns have a black-greenish ...

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.

For the first time in more than 40 years, the distinctive booming call of the endangered Australasian bittern once again rings out across the waters of Tasmania’s Lagoon of Islands. The Australasian ...