This 18 October 2019 video is about a cow and a cattle egret.
Jos van den Elshout in the Netherlands made this video.
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This 18 October 2019 video is about a cow and a cattle egret.
Jos van den Elshout in the Netherlands made this video.
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That is a great video, it looks like the egret was eating a frog, I have never seen that before.
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Yes, it was eating a frog; like many heron species do. Cattle egerets often eat insects.
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I figured that, I like how it just waits to sneak in behind the cows head. I have never heard of cattle egrets. I love it when I see something new.
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They live in south-east of the USA now:
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/cattle-egret
Originally, they are from Africa, but rather recently they expanded to the Americas, Europe,. Asia and Australasia.
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Thank you for the information, what a beautiful bird up close, I will add that one to my list of birds to photograph as I travel,
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In many areas where they live, they are often common near cattle.
Especially in spring, their feathers are beautiful.
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That is what the photos look like, just beautiful. I travel mostly rural america, I do not like the cities. I grew up on a cattle and horse farm, we have cow birds, but they are not colorful, black with brown heads. I was surprised to see them at my bird feeder last summer.
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Love these birds – but I’ve only ever seem them in a place where there no cattle at all!
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In Africa, they often follow, eg, elephants, to catch insects stirred up by the elephants.
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