Woodland Daily Democrat

The American Bittern’s booming ‘pumper-lunk’ call

The American Bittern’s “pumper-lunk” call has got to be one of the strangest sounds I have ever heard. When I first heard it, I thought the sound was coming from some kind of oddball frog, but when I ...
BBC

Bittern's 'booming' call heard at RSPB Saltholme

Staff at a wildlife reserve on Stockton have been celebrating hearing the mating sounds of the loudest bird in Britain for the first time. The distinctive "booming" call of the male bittern was last ...
BBC

Bittern heard making mating call at Amwell Nature Reserve

A near-extinct breed of bird has been heard making a mating call following a nationwide conservation effort. A "booming" mating call from a male Bittern was heard at Amwell Nature Reserve, in Great ...
Australian Geographic

‘Bunyip’ bird returns to restored Tasmanian wetlands

For the first time in more than 40 years, the distinctive booming call of the endangered Australasian bittern once again rings out across the waters of Tasmania’s Lagoon of Islands. The Australasian ...
The Guardian

For the first time in decades, the elusive call of the ‘bunyip bird’ returns to Tasmania’s Lagoon of Islands

Experts celebrate discovery of secretive and endangered Australasian bittern in recently restored wetlands The “bunyip bird” – named after a mythological river-lurking, human-eating monster – is as ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Once bittern twice shy

An Australasian Bittern chick hatched in a rice bay.(Matt Herring) The Australasian bittern is a strange bird. It has a low, loud call, and has been known to use grass stalks as tools. Strangest of ...