In this Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 photo, an American bittern hides in the grass during an annual 24-hour Christmastime ritual to count birds along the Texas Gulf Coast in Mad Island, Texas. The data ...

A photographer says this American Bittern bird eats a mud snake as the critter tried making its third escape. Brazos Bend State Park - Texas Parks and Wildlife/Facebook Screengrab A snake found itself ...

A Least Bittern, a small American bird of the heron family, was found in Co Kerry after being swept across the Atlantic by Storm Lorenzo. Sadly, the bird died of exhaustion shortly after arriving in ...

American Bittern eating a mud snake at Brazos Bend State Park in March 2022. (Elise Kitchens, Elise Kitchens) BRAZOS BEND STATE PARK, Texas – The early bird gets the worm — or in this case, the snake.

Known for their fondness for life in wet habitats, wading birds can be found near lakes, swamps, beaches and even small ponds. They represent a whole section of most bird books. We are lucky here in ...

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