TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

American Bittern Full View American Bittern- Botaurus lentiginosus American Bittern- Botaurus lentiginosus-Order Ciconiiformes-Family Ardeidae. The American Bittern was seen by Will Shepherd ( a Northwest High School Senior) on April 17 2005 and Jeff Davis.  It was photographed in a swamp forest on Bunnell Road in Warren County just west of St. Rt. 42 (about 1/4 of a mile south of the heron rookery that Hays Cummins photographed last year).  .... Jeff Davis used a SONY F717 with a 1.7X teleconverter. For More Species info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/American_Bittern.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact bigbendwildlands@gmail.com

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.