American Bittern Photos from Carden, Algonquin and Florida

                                American Bittern

The American bittern is a species of wading bird in the heron family. It has a Nearctic distribution, breeding in Canada and the northern and central parts of the United States, and wintering in the U.S. Gulf Coast states, all of Florida into the Everglades, the Caribbean islands and parts of Central America.

All photo by Ann Brokelman - taken Kirkfield Ontario,  Algonquin Park and Florida