A new study of the colonization patterns of the cattle egret in Brazil offers a new take on the study of alien species. It aims to present how the invasive species colonized this great new area, to ...

It has taken me a while to realize it, but I have been following cattle egrets around my whole life. Although I've been bird watching for about 45 years, and have seen more than 2,500 species, there ...

One of the more familiar sites in the Texas coast is the presence of an elegant white bird known as the cattle egret or Bubulcus ibis. These birds are considered to be both a beneficial insect ...

Recent bird sightings reported to Mass Audubon: Outstanding reports this week were three swallow-tailed kites in Rehoboth, single western cattle egrets in Harwich and Fairhaven, a Ross’s goose in ...

Few experiences in life are as comforting as having a companion who answers needs and is there to serve without being summoned. Ideally, the relationship benefits both parties, each providing ...

We actually have three different species of white egrets in the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument region: the Great Egret, the Snowy Egret and the Cattle Egret. Although at a quick glance they ...

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 ...

They are big, elegant and plentiful, but how do you tell if that large white bird at the edge of the lake or feeding in a field is a great egret or one of its smaller cousins? Bird watchers in San ...

Long ago, the vulture was believed to signal impending doom. In modern-day Tarrant and Johnson counties, it’s the cattle egret we dread. Over the past 60 years, the eastern half of Texas has become a ...