American bittern

A brown and white patterned wading bird standing in grass on the edge of a wetland

Photo By/Credit

Sandra Uecker/USFWS

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

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American Bittern on shoreline at the Huron Wetland Management District, South Dakota.

Facility

Huron Wetland Management District

Species

Botaurus lentiginosus

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