cattle egret

Locust seem to be the food choice of the day, mind you there are plenty of them about.

Cattle Egret - These birds stay close (as in ontop and all over) to the water buffalo to feed on the disturbed insects that are around the beasts. This bird is not in breeding plumage - pity - otherwise it would be in a lovely rufous buff on most parts of the body. 1D Mk III + 600mm + 1.4 II...

Egret with grasshopper.

Breeding plumage.

Badaan Farm's irrigators are full of Cattle egrets at this time of the year. They wait until the water spray disturbs insects etc. then they dive in for a feast.

This egret was sitting on a young pony as I drove home from Nuckey's LagoonI couldn't resist stopping for a shot

These guys have been raising their young in our neighbor's trees over the summer. The chicks are very noisy when hungry. This one has been hanging out in our yard and seems to have a problem with his right wing. We are hoping he can escape the neighborhood cats.

Another one from the Amazon: These birds are always among the buffalos (They even have free rides with them in the river;) Regards,Ron

tripod; -0.67 EV; 1/1000s; f/5.6; ISO 200 Usual perch at the reserve for these herons: to get them a bit closer, this time I tried to whistle gently to the horses, but my "pishing" technique did not work that well ;) - the horse instead showed well its "pis*ing" technique...

Taken at a Public Park in Singapore, according to statistics there are oveer 70 species of Birds found in this Park.

Cattle Egret

Well, this is just a Cattle Egret, but thought it would make a good pic. I liked it, so I am posting it here. Hope you like it too...Thanks, Clyde L.

Breeding adult.

Cattle Egrets, photographed late in the afternoon. Edom Mountains in the background.

This young Cattle Egret had fun playing with this leaf.

tripod; -0.67 EV; 1/1600s; f/6.3; ISO 200 I was observing it standing still, then rapidly moving a few steps onwards, possibly chasing insects - given the short distance, it was not easy to frame the whole figure

Birds of Suriname: adult Cattle Egret in breeding plumage

Those birds apparently are the newcommers to Brazil. According to my friend, a local guide, they migrated to Brazil about 40 years ago.

Cattle Egret

You can see these birds almost all over the world. I've seen them in Africa, Central and South America and even in the Netherlands. Jack http://www.dwaalgast.nl

Cattle Egret digiscoped from a ridiculous distance at the S'Albufera de Mallorca

It appears these cattle egret are happy with any bovine as long as it stirs up a free feed.

Cattle Egret or Sheep Egret?!