Campaigners hope the sound of booming bitterns will strengthen their case to prevent a luxury tourism and retirement ...

On day in early-mid November, I was splashing and splodging around in one of the campground lakes, noting signs of beaver activity. As I emerged from this little exploration and came up onto the road, ...

I spend the entire month of June on a boat watching the sunrise and sunset. I do this because I am leading wildlife photography tours, to capture images of Loons. I am so fortunate to be outside, ...

Campaigners hope that the birds' presence could prevent holiday and retirement development.

The "once heard, never forgotten" call of a rare bird has been heard at a nature reserve - just 15 minutes from Essex - for the very first time. RSPB Rainham Marshes, located beside the Thames, ...

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Once drained for farm irrigation, this former potato farm now attracts birds from as far away as Siberia.

As Kathy was photographing wading birds at Brazos Bend State Park recently, she snapped a picture of what she thought was a green heron. But she wondered if it was a least bittern. A few minutes later ...

Male bitterns make the sound to establish territories and attract mates by opening and closing their bills, gulping air and inflating their esophagus.

Davidson Township, Sullivan County – as the American bittern manuervered through the tall grass toward the open water of Splash Dam Pond, it didn’t look like a dangerous bird. The bittern, which is on ...