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© Walter
Bauer, Sugar Land, Texas - 1998
This is a small white
heron that associates with grazing cattle. They are slightly smaller, stockier
and thicker necked than a snowy egret. This particular cattle egret was in a
field on the back of a cow.
Voice: A variety of croaking notes in
breeding season.
Where found: This bird is a colonizer
of the old world origin via South America.
Texas: This bird reached Texas by 1955
and was breeding by 1958. It is common along the coast and perhaps other parts
of the state.
Habitat: Cows.
Nest: A platform of sticks in a bush or tree. They colonize with Snowy Egrets. They lay 3-5 bluish eggs.