American Bittern

186 reactions · 46 shares | Lovely looks at the American Bittern at Montna Farms near Yuba City. Jim Morris video. Sacramento Valley rice fields provide food and a resting place for millions of birds. | California Rice Commission | Facebook

Territorial Call of the American Bittern | Bird Academy • The Cornell Lab

Turn up the volume and watch closely to hear—and see—one of the North American bird world's more unusual calls. “I recorded this the other day while watching two American Bitterns call to each other!" writes Kasey Macsenti from Oregon. "Such a lovely exchange!” What's going on? “To communicate with each other through dense vegetation American Bitterns use low-frequency calls, which carry farther than higher-pitched sounds," writes the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. "During breeding season the males

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