#Botaurus stellaris

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Letter from the Bittern by Ann and Chris Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)

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Eurasian Bittern

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This is:

Botaurus stellaris, aka Eurasian bittern, aka bukač velký

Fun fact!

It's neck is actually very long! It' very shy and when disturbed, it stretches its neck and points its beak straight up, blending in with surrounding reed. This behavior has a name – bitterning. Also, this is how the male's mating call sounds. It can carry for five kilometers!

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do you have any bitterns?

they're craaazy lookin

DO I HAVE BITTERNS?!?!

Have a look...

Black Bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, Warriewood Wetlands, New South Wales, Australia

photograph by JJ Harrison 

Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis), family Ardeidae, East coast of the United States

photograph by Hannah Meddaugh

Cinnamon Bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus), family Ardeidae, Gujirat, India

photograph by Hardik Joshi

Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, Orisa, India

photograph by Chanchal Kumar Banerjee

Eurasian Bittern or Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, Italy

photograph by Davide Diana

Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus), doin a big stretchy and a nice neck puff, family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, Italy

photograph by Davide Diana

Black Bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, Tuggerah, NSW, Australia

photograph by Cary Lewis

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A Feathursday in Wading

This week we present a few wading birds -- some by lakes and rivers, some by the seashore -- rendered in black and white and hand-colored wood engravings by British author and wood engraver Eric Fitch Daglish (1892-1966) from his 1948 publication Birds of the British Isles, published in London by J. M. Dent & Sons in a limited edition of 1500 copies. Shown here from top to bottom are:

Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)

Birds of the British Isles is a donation from our friend, Wisconsin wood engraver Tony Drehfal.

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hello! okay going to start off easy: what's your favourite bird & how did you first find out about it?

Hi!! My favourite bird is easily the Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris), and I'm so glad you asked this question because they mean the world to me.

In the country I'm from, bitterns are extremely rare compared to the rest of Europe, and at one point were even extinct here due to a mixture of hunting and the draining of their marshland habitats in order to make way for agriculture. However, one part of this country became a stronghold for these birds (and is where the bulk of their population still resides to this day, with less than 250 breeding males in the whole country). I visited a reserve there when I was only 5, and saw one only a meter away from me. They're one of the most unusual and beautiful looking birds here, and to be so close to such a rare animal is still my most treasured experience birdwatching.

I'd always sort of known they'd existed (long term bird spinterest says hi! so does making bird noises before learning to talk!), but the experience of seeing one in real life solidified it for me. I'm definitely going to a write a proper little post about these guys at some point, as they're super neat, but if you want to find out about them yourself, I'd recommend just listening to their booming. It's terrifying when you're out on the marsh alone in fog.

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Letter from the Bittern by Ann and Chris Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)

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Fauna regionu opolskiego – charakterystyka i  podstawy do badań ekologicznych  

Fauna regionu opolskiego – charakterystyka i  podstawy do badań ekologicznych  

Fauna regionu opolskiego była do tej pory słabo  opracowywana. Celem poprawy tej sytuacji  przeprowadziłem terenowe inwentaryzacje ssaków,  ptaków oraz bezkręgowców (zwłaszcza owadów). Podczas ekspertyz zapoznawczych określono  warunki terenowe i ustanowiono poszczególne cele  badawcze. Ustalono obecność różnych gatunków  zwierząt. Udokumentowano kopytne regionu.  Potwierdzono obecność w dużej ilości jelenia  europejskiego Carvus elaphus, z drapieżnych ssaków natrafiono na tropy borsuków Meles meles. Celem nadrzędnym wyjazdu była charakterystyka fauny badanego  regionu. Obszar jest zdegradowany i przekształcony w mozaikę lasów i pól uprawnych. Pomimo że wydaje się  pobieżnie ubogi w gruncie rzeczy jest zróżnicowany biologicznie, bogaty w mało znane gatunki kryptyczne, zwłaszcza owadzie.  Występuje tutaj główna fauna ssaków regionu. Reprezentowane są najpowszechniej występujące w Polsce ptaki (e.g. pliszka żółta  Motacilla flava, czajka Vanellus vanellus, makolągwa Linaria cannabina), ale także te zagrożone żyjące na stawach (bąk Botaurus  stellaris, bączek Ixobrychus minutus). Fauna bezkręgowców jest trudna do oceny z racji rotacji w liczebności wielu gatunków żyjących w  monokulturowych lub przekształconych przez człowieka krajobrazach. Występują tutaj owadzie szkodniki drzewostanów, pospolite  ślimaki, motyle dzienne znanych gatunków. Trafiają się również rzadkie gatunki z tej grupy.

author: Tomek Pietrzak, BSc in life science.

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Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)

© Christoph Moning

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Great bittern or Botaurus Stellaris

The Eurasian bittern or great bittern is a wading bird in the bittern subfamily. It is a secretive bird, seldom seen in the open as it prefers to skulk in reed beds and thick vegetation near water bodies.

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Eurasian Bittern or Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, Italy

photograph by Davide Diana

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