A t first glance, you might confuse a western cattle egret with other white egrets. To make sure you’re seeing the correct species, look for a medium-sized bird with a compact neck, shorter neck ...

Cattle egrets follow large grazing animals such as rhinos, Cape buffalo and cows, snatching insects and small vertebrates stirred up by those animals. They also eat parasites from the same animals.

One account claims that cattle egrets were brought into the state in 1953 by Texas ranchers who saw their insect-eating habits as a boon for the cattle industry.

The cattle egret is an interesting example of a recent addition to Costa Rica’s species list. The first cattle egret sighting in Costa Rica was reported in 1954. Originally being native to southern ...

This week’s featured creature is the gregarious cattle egret, a summer resident in the Ada area. Whereas most herons (egrets are herons) of North America spend their time hunting in or near ...

The odd name, cattle egret, reflects this long-legged two-foot tall all-white bird’s companionship with grazing animals. Worldwide, cattle egrets follow many grazers: elephants, giraffes, hippos ...

If you see cattle in Southeast Texas, there's probably a little white bird somewhere close. Those birds are called egrets, and they're not clinging to cows for some cute animal friendship. There ...

Cattle egrets have a cameo in "Wind Across the Everglades," Jackson said, which may be their first-known Hollywood appearance. See for or yourself at a Dec. 20 screening of the movie, ...

Funnily enough, cattle egrets even rely on other species of herons to establish heronries—essentially just a word for a group of breeding herons—rather than take the initiative to do it ...

Farmers who have taken regenerative approach hail birds as indication of ecosystem health Almost as soon as Johnny Haimes took up regenerative farming – replacing arable fields with herb-rich ...

A cattle egret sighting would have been almost unimaginable just five years ago (Picture: Supplied / Getty) The weather is out of goose. The outlook was rain on a mild northerly and we have ...

If you see cattle in Southeast Texas, there's probably a little white bird somewhere close. Those birds are called egrets, and they're not clinging to cows for some cute animal friendship. There ...