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Alligators and Birds in the Everglades, Florida

Sacred ibis ( Threskiornis aethiopicus ) is seeking food in lake

$Western Cattle Egret.\nThe western cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) is a species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. Most taxonomic authorities lump this species and the eastern cattle egret together (called the cattle egret), but some (including the International Ornithologists' Union) separate them. Despite the similarities in plumage to the egrets of the genus Egretta, it is more closely related to the herons of Ardea. Originally native to parts of Asia, Africa and Europe, it has undergone a rapid expansion in its distribution and successfully colonised much of the rest of the world in the last century.\n\nIt is a white bird adorned with buff plumes in the breeding season. It nests in colonies, usually near bodies of water and often with other wading birds. The nest is a platform of sticks in trees or shrubs. Western cattle egrets exploit drier and open habitats more than other heron species. Their feeding habitats include seasonally inundated grasslands, pastures, farmlands, wetlands and rice paddies. They often accompany cattle or other large mammals, catching insect and small vertebrate prey disturbed by these animals. Some populations of the cattle egret are migratory and others show post-breeding dispersal.\n\nThe adult cattle egret has few predators, but birds or mammals may raid its nests, and chicks may be lost to starvation, calcium deficiency or disturbance from other large birds. This species maintains a special relationship with cattle, which extends to other large grazing mammals; wider human farming is believed to be a major cause of their suddenly expanded range. The cattle egret removes ticks and flies from cattle and consumes them. This benefits both species, but it has been implicated in the spread of tick-borne animal diseases.$

Pelicans wandering around the lake of the Entrance North. The Entrance is a coastal town and suburb in the Central Coast region of New South Wales in Australia. The Entrance got its name from the channel that runs along much of its northern border that is 'the entrance' to Tuggerah Lakes. The town has extensive tourist accommodations with attractions including beaches, lake and town centres.

White little egret walking through water.

Little egrets, Egretta gazetta, hunting for fish as the lagoon filled from the incoming tide at Sotavento Beach, Costa Calma, Fuerteventura

Beautiful adult Great egret, also known as common egret, large egret, or great white egret or great white heron, low angle view, side shot, foraging with fish in beak in tropical climate, salt plant in central Thailand.

Seagulls sitting on a branch in a green lake in the city of Parma, Italy

an Egret rests on a tree off the coast of western Florida

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A flock of Dunlin, Calidris alpina, in winter plumage, feeding in a pond in Marismas de Barbate, southen Andalucia, Spain. in the Parque Natural de la Breña y Marismas del Barbate, southern Andalucía, Spain.

great white egret hunting through marsh at sunset

There is a reflection of its body in the water. It is facing towards the right.

Photo of a little egret by a lagoon in the Ribatejo district in Portugal.

Scene in Everglades National Park in the early morning with birds

A shallow focus shot of a beautiful wood stork on the lake with a blurred background

A beautiful great egret in flight over a body of water in south Florida

Great white egret perched in the sunlight breeding feathers lit.

Swan in Biebrzanski National Park, Poland

In azure waters of Caribbean Sea off coast of Aruba pelican floats on water's surface.

The great egret (Ardea alba) which is also called the common egret, large egret, or great white egret or great white heron

Juvenile black-bellied whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) flying toward foliage at the edge of a swamp

Oies des neiges au Québec en automne à Victoriaville. Le grand départ vers le Sud.

A Great Egret is standing very still at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Huntington Beach, CA. The Great Egret is a member of the heron family and has a yellow bill and black legs and feet.

Egret bird foraging on the Hawaiian Island of Maui

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