American Bittern
Botaurus lentiginosus
Family: Herons, egrets, and bitterns
American Bittern is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
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Like other members of the heron family, the American bittern feeds in marshes and shallow ponds, preying mainly on fish but also consuming amphibians, reptiles, small mammals, crustaceans and insects.
It feeds mostly on fish but also eats other small vertebrates as well as crustaceans and insects.
It sometimes feeds out in the open in wet meadows and pastures.