NOUN | an American bittern | American bitterns | |
SYNO | American bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | stake driver |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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Usage Examples English
- The sanctuary is Vancouver Island's only documented breeding site of American bittern.
- Other species sought by birdwatchers include American bittern, seaside sparrow, fulvous whistling-duck, and black rail.
- The American bittern is protected under the United States Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918.
- Also American bittern, canvasback and Ross's goose.
- Ricketts Glen State Park provides a breeding habitat for four species of flycatchers and two species of waterthrushes. American bittern nest near the park.
- It also serves as a critical habitat for blue-listed American Bittern.
- The upland community of the William Floyd Estate provides habitat for breeding American woodcock (Scolopax minor) and a variety of migrating and nesting songbirds, while adjacent tidal areas afford habitat for nesting American bittern (Botarus lentiginosus), seaside sparrow, and osprey.
- There have also been anecdotal reports of snapping turtle preying on young still in the nest. American Bittern, Great Blue Heron, and Black-crowned Night-heron are also possible predators while gulls and Caspian terns notably prey on the eggs of the Forster's Tern.
- Kelson suggested the use of feathers of such birds as the banded chatterer, the Great American cock, the Nankeen night heron, the South American bittern, and the Ecuadorian cock of the rock.
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