Early morning on 7 May 2012, this
American Bittern was found about 15 - 20 metres high in a tree near
the Tip tram stop at Point Pelee. Rain and thunderstorms during the
night probably caused it to land in the tree for shelter from the
storm. American Bitterns rarely land in trees.
During the day it rested and preened,
showing long feathers around its neck. In May 2003, an American
Bittern landed near the top of a tall Maple tree in Brookbanks
Ravine near my house in Toronto, where it spent the day and was gone
the next.
