The American Bittern’s “pumper-lunk” call has got to be one of the strangest sounds I have ever heard. When I first heard it, I thought the sound was coming from some kind of oddball frog ...

The least bittern is the smallest member of the heron family and is found only in the Western Hemisphere. The male, a little more than a foot long with a 17-inch wingspan, weighs about 3 ounces ...

The neck is actually quite long, but it is mostly hidden between the head and the body. Occurrence The little bittern is a common bird in most parts of Europe and western Asia, even if their ...