The American Bittern Call

The American Bittern is an interesting marsh bird that can sometimes be hard to find because of its fantastic camouflage. Most times you will hear the odd-sounding pump-er-lunk call but if you are really lucky you will see them do it. The male first inflates its esophagus and then releases the air to make its call.
I was fortunate with this one, I heard it calling almost once every 4-5 minutes so I carefully made my way down the marsh to locate it in the cattails after about 30 minutes of searching. I came prepared with my chest waders on and sat in the reeds on the opposite side of the marsh. After what felt like an eternity he finally appeared from the reeds and put on a show.

[@bubula]

Canoeing in a local swamp and would here this strange noise for years before finally seeing that a bird was making it. Very hard to spot one such an awesome video thanks.

[@jtno5982]

Amazing, fascinating call, and the act before. What a stunning bird, the American Bittern. Thank you Steve M.for getting into the marsh and thicket to bring this to view, much appreciated.

[@sueking6543]

Pretty cool eh