American bittern Botaurus lentiginosus

Region |-----------1959 - 1988 trends----------|                                
        Trend  N   (  95% CI  ) Sign.  Rel. Abu.                                
 CAL    -1.9    94   -4.8   1.1             0.33                                
 FLA     1.2    58   -2.0   4.4             0.15                                
 LA     -1.3    17   -5.4   2.8             0.17                                
 MD     -0.8    14   -1.8   0.2             0.04                                
 MAS    -0.4    17   -1.2   0.5             0.03                                
 NJ     -0.5    14   -1.6   0.6             0.11                                
 NY     -0.4    21   -1.3   0.6             0.01                                
 NC     -2.8    22   -6.2   0.5    *        0.07                                
 ORE     0.3    16   -0.9   1.5             0.14                                
 TEX    -0.4    51   -1.4   0.6             0.10                                
 VA     -1.5    15   -2.6  -0.3   **        0.08                                
 SUR    -0.9   487   -3.0   1.2             0.12