Birds Around Las Vegas, Wildlife Around Las Vegas
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General Description: American Bitterns (Botaurus lentiginosus) are medium-sized, brown-streaked herons with a black whisker mark. Bitterns sometimes hide in the marsh by standing still and raising their bill high to match the reeds or cattails in which they are hiding. If there is a breeze, bitterns will gently sway back and forth to match the swaying of the reeds in the breeze. in flight, the end of the wing is black. Taxonomy: Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae Favored Habitat: Around Las Vegas, marshes and ponds. |
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Where to Find: American Bitterns are not common around Las Vegas, but keep an eye out for them while birding marshy places with reeds such as the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve, the Pahranagat Valley, and the Overton Wildlife Management Area. Comments: |
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If you were a tasty frog or a little fish (or even a dragonfly), this might be the last face you ever see! |
 American Bittern standing motionless on the side of a road, ... |
 ... until it snatches a an Eight-spotted Dragonfly out of the air ... |
 ... after chomping on it a few times, down it goes... |
 ... all the way down ... |
 ... then the bittern slowly walks across the road and into the marsh |
 American Bittern in a marsh |
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 American Bittern along Las Vegas Wash. |
 American Bittern in a road-side ditch |
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