Frederick Loh‘s image shows the Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis) in its classic posture that perfectly blends it into the surroundings. The vertical brown stripes along its narrow throat extends to […]
![BitternY-odd [AmarSingh]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BitternY-odd-AmarSingh-q8df8bc9kv2ofk1l0dpof7zfxolo46wq7gn5w0m73k.jpg "BitternY-odd [AmarSingh]")
“In July 2012 I posted an odd Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis) from Kampar, Perak with pale pink plumage and pink at base of the bill. I considered at the time […]
![BitternY-posture [AmarSingh] 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BitternY-posture-AmarSingh-1-q8df5b8tqwypceeljkzkyh9fmdegizzlglmbp72gz4.jpg "BitternY-posture [AmarSingh] 1")
“An adult male Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis) in the classical ‘you cannot see me’ or bitterning posture (above) – bill pointing upwards and sometimes with neck stretched vertically. I call […]
![BitternY [AmarSingh] 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BitternY-AmarSingh-1-q8df5s5x5xlv5dq0ssav7czqbb32djurixd2c6ddv4.jpg "BitternY [AmarSingh] 1")
“Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis) foraging in Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), using it as a floating platform to get fish prey in the gaps (above, below). “Saw 3 episodes in a […]
![BitternY-preen [AmarSingh] 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BitternY-preen-AmarSingh-1-q8dfkvgmw69ljzsuob588jw5o0p7ylrm9mfpq3ztyo.jpg "BitternY-preen [AmarSingh] 1")
“I was watching birds from the car when this Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis) (above) walked up to my location and proceeded to preen in the sun (below). “Was really close […]
![BitternY-fish [KCTsang] 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BitternY-fish-KCTsang-1-q8dfxdpbttdy17mun7riww9y7l21dmf1nixalng968.jpg "BitternY-fish [KCTsang] 1")
“The Yellow Bittern (Ixobrycbus sinensis) was fishing some short distance in front of me. It was standing motionless on a floating Waterlily (Nymphaea hybrid) leaf, waiting patiently for a fish […]
![BitternY-dragonfly [SoeHlaing]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BitternY-dragonfly-SoeHlaing-q8df49na5jj8fzx7n4qi6qqzuyjrz3ubzfiwi4m7w0.jpg "BitternY-dragonfly [SoeHlaing]")
Soe Hlaing photographed a Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis) with a dragonfly between its bill at the Singapore Japanese Garden on 29th November 2015. The dragonfly was flying around the bittern […]
![CoucalL [AmarSingh] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/CoucalL-AmarSingh-1-q8dfkl4eszvg0a7vcoobz4i34s46lxmkk79dg2f5v4.jpg "CoucalL [AmarSingh] – 1")
“The Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier) nests in a variety of environments, including over water, on Water Hyacinths and in reeds. I observed a pair ‘defending’ their nest from a variety […]
![BitternY-gaping [KwongWaiChong] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BitternY-gaping-KwongWaiChong-1-q8dfg1khrtnjw4tfvpz8x9rvrqibell9xpqvxx5nxs.jpg "BitternY-gaping [KwongWaiChong] – 1")
“I encountered a Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis) that was in the open on top of an Ixora shrub at the end of last year. “This bittern seemed to be sunning […]
![Mist-netting [DaisyO'Neill] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Mist-netting-DaisyONeill-1-q8dggt192jz9z3f17m1yfzsw69b4gfjcboajninckw.jpg "Mist-netting [DaisyO’Neill] – 1")
“Mist-netting was first invented by the Japanese in the 16th Century – their purpose was mainly to catch birds for food. “The West eventually caught on this style of catching […]
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