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Panoramic drone views of the Murray River at Murray Bridge in South Australia, after the flooding.

Aerial drone view of Tallebudgera Creek and beach on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Old damaged Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, missing feathers, worn and tired, close up detail

warped abstract of Mooloolaba and Buddina

Aerial View at Copeton Dam Waters out near Inverell NSW Australia, photograph taken with a DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone at 48MP on

aerial view on the river of lower zambezi area in Zambia

Aerial views from Port Phillip Bay towards Geelong CBD and city on a warm summer morning in Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Aerial view of Brisbane River and western suburbs

Cudgen Lake Nature Reserve and wetlands. Typical Aussie bushland landscape on a bright summer's morning

Rural dam on farmland in Central Victoria

Blue water weaves through green and yellow vegetation at sunset

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

A great white heron at Homosassa Springs, Florida.

A huge egret photographed at very close rang along the beach on the coastal mud flats.

Wide aerial panorama of Lake Wellington in Gippsland, Australia

Scenic small dam on picturesque rural Australian farm

The wilderness of Cape Point National Park, Western Cape, South Africa

Noosa river and Noosa Heads are ever-popular recreational and tourism areas. The idyllic tropical region is an aquatic playground.

In the still of the ocean I wonder at the dancing waves

Lake Nakuru wetlands are a prime habitat for over 300 bird species and animals in Kenya

Tree climber arborist up a tree over a river

Aerial view of Lake Nagambie and the Goulburn River

Top down drone view of waterfall flowing over cliff into subtropical rainforest at Minyon Falls near Byron Bay, Australia

Laughing kookaburra sitting on the branch of a gum tree and looking around, blue sky in the background

One pelican swimming through dead trees on a river

Aerial view of St. John's River and Blue Spring.

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