Cattle on Wörth island on a hot spring day.

Wörth is the largest island in the Bavarian Staffelsee lake and the only permanently inhabited island in the lake.

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Continuing this Cypress Swamp series......I post here this lone Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) perched in this beautiful setting.

In the Spring, during breeding season, they nest in colonies with other species of egrets. Funny how we only pay attention to these during that time when their colors and habits are so unique.

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This egret tried several times to pull this growing limb off the tree but wasn't successful. He finally turned around and walked the limb back into the trees in search of another.l

Cattle Egret - Bubulbus Ibis

Somerset

Cattle Egret.

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Taken Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge, South Immokalee. Florida

Cattle Egret, Spain

Taken Sagres, Portugal

Taken Cabo Sardão, Portugal

At Axe Valley Wildlife Park

Cattle Egret, Spain

Cattle Egrets follow large animals or machines and eat invertebrates stirred up from the ground. They will fly toward smoke from long distances away, to catch insects fleeing a fire.

Huajiangyanya Natural Park (華江雁鴨自然公園), Taipei, Taiwan

Taken on the Somerset Levels.

Taken at Karanda's Brid World. Cairns, Qld, Australia.

Wikipedia: The cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) is a cosmopolitan species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics, and warm-temperate zones. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Bubulcus, although some authorities regard its two subspecies as full species, the western cattle egret and the eastern cattle egret. 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.

Conservation status: Least Concern

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_egret

Alligator Breeding Marsh and Wading Bird Rookery, Gatorland, Orlando, Florida

Cattle Egret, Spain

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Shaking off in the rain

Just back from a trip to the Boonies folks and so so glad I'm back, pretty unproductive I might add, but there is always something.

This is a guy I got sometime last week and is probably the best image I've ever taken of this species, and will not be so quick in the future to pass them up.

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At Axe Valley Wildlife Park

Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, Florida

A few Cattle egrets came to our region, so although not much light , it was a great opportunity to test / try somethings out.

Bubulcus ibis

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Wakodahatchee Wetlands.

Cattle Egret Breeding Plumage, picture taken at the Wading Bird Rookery in Saint Augustine, Florida.

Taken from my nieces front yard during the heat of the day, a farmer drives by with a cow in his locally made cattle truck.

Cattle

Doing it's thing on top of a Black Angus

A farm pond with cattle and egret. We have a family gathering this weekend. I will catch up next week. I hope everyone has a great weekend.

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Markham park

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The cattle egret is a cosmopolitan species of heron found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Bubulcus, although some authorities regard two of its subspecies as full species, the western cattle egret and the eastern cattle egret. Wikipedia

When the sun is below the horizon or it's too dark for shutter speeds fast enough to freeze birds in flight, I enjoy shooting blurs. Here I was using 1/60th of a second. It's necessary to pan at the same speed the bird is moving and hope to get the head sharp. It's typical not to get any keepers but still fun. This is a Cattle Egret, just starting it's nest building in my area of southeast Florida. When they are in breeding plumage, they get the yellow cap and chest as shown here. (Casmerodius albus)

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Wakodahatchee Wetlands.

I see these cattle egrets all the time but they are too skittish to get photographed, but today this one actually decided I was ok and posed for me.

Picture take at the Wading Bird Rookery in Saint Augustine, Florida.