Botaurus lentiginosus
American Bitterns have brown, buff and white streaked plumage, long, sharp bills, yellow to orange eyes, short legs and compact bodies.
Title: American Bittern in dappled light
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 03/30/2026
Title: American Bittern portrait at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 03/30/2026
Title: American Bittern on migration through Oklahoma
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 03/30/2026
Title: American Bittern stare down
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 03/30/2026
Title: American Bittern close up in Oklahoma
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 03/30/2026
Title: Migrating American Bittern at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 03/30/2026
Title: Staring American Bittern portrait
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 03/30/2026
Title: Roadside American Bittern at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 03/30/2026
Title: Springtime American Bittern in the marsh at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/2/2019
Title: January American Bittern on the bank of the Bear River
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 1/17/2018
Title: Riverbank and camouflaged American Bittern
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 1/17/2018
Title: American Bittern in a northern Utah marsh
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/21/2017
Title: Fluffed up American Bittern
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/27/2016
Title: Bear River MBR American Bittern
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/27/2016
Title: American Bittern scratching
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/27/2016
Title: American Bittern adult
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/27/2016
Title: American Bittern on a pile of dead rushes
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/27/2016
Title: American Bittern out in the open
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/27/2016
Title: American Bittern standing on one leg
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/27/2016