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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Cattle Egret, Spain

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.

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

Taken Cabo Sardão, Portugal

Taken Sagres, Portugal

This Cattle Egret was walking in some tall grass in the Algarve region in Portugal.

I was happy for this bird that he found a tasty meal but felt bad for the giant bug.

This bird is a species of heron.

Unlike most other herons, it feeds in relatively dry grassy habitats, often with cattle or other large mammals. It catches insect and small vertebrate prey disturbed by these animals. It also captures ticks and flies from cattle.

-Bubulcus ibis

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.

Cattle Egret, Somerset Levels

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

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

Taken on the Somerset Levels.

Cattle Egret are opportunistic feeders and follow large animals around to catch insects. It is estimated that they gather 50% more food using only two-thirds as much energy when feeding with livestock.

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

Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, Florida

Thanks so much for the visit!

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

A field of Highland Cattle caught my attnetion today. One lovely calf. I'm sure there will be others.

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.

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

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Wakodahatchee Wetlands.

Cattle

I think I read a long time ago that when chicks grab the parent's beak like this, it is to encourage regurgitation so they can be fed. But I am not sure so if someone from the sunny south can confirm if this is true, I would very much appreciate. it. Taken on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Thank you to Tara & Pam for confirming.

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

Doing it's thing on top of a Black Angus

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Highland Oaks Park

A fly-by at O'Fallon Park, St Louis

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.

I searched for a dry stubble field a little distance away from my home. I found a flock of Cattle Egrets were feeding there. One of them was feeding close to were I parked my scooter. I realized that this particular bird would allow me to picture by stalking. Soon I fitted my 75-300mm lens to my Canon M50 and got a number of shots.

Bubulcus ibis

Welney Suspension Bridge, Norfolk

Taken Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Pretoria, South Africa

These majestic, gentle giants live in grasslands and savannahs. Originally native to Africa, they are now established in Europe, North America, South America and Australia. Their horns can span 8 ft from tip to tip. Seen in the Houston Zoo.