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A migrating flock of Elegant Terns comes in for a landing near Mission Beach in San Diego, CA.

A Northern Cardinal in the molting season

A closeup of a brown Andean cock-of-the-rock looking with a gray blurred background

Sanderling (Calidris alba) in urban context in Gran Canaria

Several multi-colored pigeons are walking on the asphalt. Feral pigeons, also called city pigeons or street pigeons.

A group of pigeons are eating wheat in the mosque's courtyard in Turkey. They are competing with each other to get wheat grains.

2013.01.06, Yokohama, Japan. Flock of seagulls in the Yokohama port.

Barn swallows (Hirundo rustica), warm day in summer.

Pigeons Eating Feed in Urban Area in Minneapolis

Group of starling birds sitting on a wooden decking by the Brighton beach

Northern Mockingbird - looking over its shoulder

White cattle egret wild bird, also known as Bubulcus ibis walking on green lawn in summer.

Barn swallows (Hirundo rustica), warm day in springtime.

close up of a starling bird with its beautiful speckled feathers perched on a wooden table in a park in the autumn sunshine

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

Portrait of a Young Southern Screamer with Hanging Leaves on soft Blue Background

A lone wagtail stands on a rock in the middle of a river

beautiful pair of dove birds fight on the spring street

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