Yellow bitterns perch on coconut palms or on the ground and extend their heads and necks to snatch passing prey. Yellow bitterns can be found throughout the Micronesian islands and Asia. This bird is fairly common in Guam's southern savanna, northern forests, and urban areas in Agana. Yellow bitterns are not strong fliers.
Yellow bitterns are masters of disguise.
Yellow bitterns use their color to blend into the background to hide from their predators or when they sense immediate danger from humans. Yellow bitterns nest in a variety of locations, such as in low shrubs on off shore islets, in trees, and among grasses at freshwater wetlands. When in flight, their legs trail behind their bodies and their necks are folded into an S-shape. The yellow bittern lays three or four white eggs. Once the eggs hatch, both parents feed digested food to the babies.