American Bittern Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Painted Bunting Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

American bittern standing in natural habitat in northern Wisconsin, then taking flight. Also known as Botaurus lentiginosus, it is a species of wading bird in the heron family of the Pelican order.

Bittern | The Wildlife Trusts

Least Bittern Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

I had a Pāteke disturb monitoring this morning...just popped out of the wetland and waddled on through the ngāhere! Not concerned at all by the human sitting up in the tree a metre or so above it! Pāteke or Brown Teal are 'Nationally increasing' but remain 'Conservation Dependent', meaning the population needs ongoing support to recover and is still vulnerable to threats like predation and habitat loss. Pāteke need wetlands too...when we restore Habitat for Hūrepo we help other wetland dependent