The Grey Heron feeds on fish, amphibians and insects.

We stayed at “Les Rosiers” for a week in August.

The stipe-backed bittern will now be added to the official list of birds of Peru.

Least Bitterns can be found in large marshes where the vegetation is dense enough to provide protection from predators.

The reserve is home to one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world and hosts thousands of species, including the newly discovered stripe-backed bittern.

The Cathedrals Explorer, LNER Class A4 4464 Bittern Steam train near Low Baron Wood Farm Armathwaite Eden Valley, Cumbria

Some of the local species are the Little Bittern, the Purple Swamphen, the Red-crested Pochard and the exotic Black-headed Weaver.

The recording and replaying of chants with a tape recorder also helped detect the presence of aquatic birds such as the Least Bittern and Water Rale.

Consequently, I submitted recommendations to conserve least bittern habitat, and these are being implemented in land management strategies.

Click below to visit the Ontario Environmental Registry website before February 17th and support the Blanding turtles, Butternut trees and the Least Bitterns:

Projects Abroad conservation volunteers discover new bird species, the Stripe-backed Bittern, in Taricaya Ecological Reserve in Peru.

We also found that there was a high correlation between the presence of the more vocal marsh wren and the least bittern.

Ornithologist Joël Coutu has observed over 70 species of birds in the area, nesting birds, migratory birds and even endangered species such as the least bittern, the smallest local heron.

Produced a detailed digitized vegetation map of a protected marsh habitat in Baie-du-febvre, Que., one of the only breeding grounds of the threatened Least Bittern.

We previously discovered seven pairs of least bitterns on our lands, which is more than we initially thought.