Pinnated Bittern
Crooked Tree Wildlife
Sanctuary
Sanctuary
07Mar2019
Rarely seen...uses camouflage as
survival means...found in a
variety of freshwater habitats.
survival means...found in a
variety of freshwater habitats.
Botaurus pinnatus
(L 25-30" Wt 1.2-2.6 lb)
Botaurus in Latin means
bittern ; pinnatus in Latin
means feathered, winged.
bittern ; pinnatus in Latin
means feathered, winged.
The Bittern--monarch of the sad and
dreary place,
dreary place,
Mocking the pride and pageant of a
ruin’d race,
ruin’d race,
Whose very name’s forgotten, and
whose deeds have left no trace.
(Walter R. Cassels)
whose deeds have left no trace.
(Walter R. Cassels)
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