American Bittern

An up close look at an American Bittern early spring. There is a written intro and the video also contains sounds of the frogs croaking. This was the closest I had ever gotten to an American Bittern and one of very few times I had ever seen one. "Hope you enjoy this"

Published on Jun 22, 2012

I found this American bittern in a hay field about a mile from home. Luckily he was on the edge of the field "pumper lunking" and offered up some great opportunities. He was often to close! It's best to listen to the video with headphones or with a system that has a sub woofer in order to hear the full range of sound. © 2012 Garth McElroy. www.wildbirdvideos.com

Published on Jun 8, 2012

Here's an American Bittern performing his mating call. I really need to pick up a decent microphone to deal with the wind. Taken at Ridgefield NWR on Apr. 23, 2012 with my Canon 7D.

Uploaded on Jan 22, 2012

Of all the birds I have admired over the years, I must admit that the American Bittern is by far the most interesting. I had only seen them a few times in the wild and as luck would have it I could never catch them on film until now. I am simply fascinated by this bird, everything from its unusual plunger like call to the way it mimics the windy marsh grass has made it one of my favorites for years. I have paddled right between them while I could hear them singing from only a few feet away and yet still without being able to capture a glance of these amazingly stealthy marsh birds. The American Bittern needs our help because the wetlands it calls home are becoming more rare every year. Its up to each one of us to do our own part in our own community to help preserve the natural world. There really is a future in a clean and healthy Earth so I hope you can join me in helping protect our Mother Earth and all its wonders. I hope you enjoy and share this film with as many as you can to keep spreading the conservation message. Until next time, you can join me at my website http://www.naturewalkswithmark.org and thanks to the support of my friends we now have a new group helping to raise wildlife awareness called the Nature Walks Conservations Society http://www.naturewalksCS.org

Published on Jun 5, 2013

Footage of an american Bittern doing its onk-a-chonk call. Filmed May 18, 2013, Straight River Marsh Scrape, Steele County, Owatonna, Minnesota. Filming by Leanne T. Alt, TheTthird Hand, Inc. Video Productions, Owatonna, Minnesota. Copyright 201, The Third Hand, Inc. All Rights Reserved.