English: Least Bittern

 Japanese: koyoshigoi

 Latin: Ixobrychus exilis

 Date: 29/APR/2004

 Location: Anahuac NWR, Texas

 Size: L = 33cm, WS = 43cm

 Photo by Wayne Nicholas

 English: Great Bittern

 Japanese: sankanogoi

 Latin: Botaurus stellaris

 Date: 4/JAN/2004

 Location: Hikarigaoka Park, Tokyo, Japan

 Size: L = 68cm, WS = 120cm