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The Cattle Egret Expansion

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I’d like to introduce you to a diminutive heron, the Cattle Egret Bubuclus ibis. The Cattle Egret is native to Africa, where it is a familiar sight among herds of large mammals. They feed on insects stirred up by the herds, at times sitting on the animal itself picking off ticks and other insects. coromandus.

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Birding Chongming Island in summer

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Some differences in animal behavior are quite striking. According to Couzens, after laying the eggs, females sometimes immediately abandon their first mate and pair up with another male. This Cattle Egret has just read a paper stating that it would be 3.6 at Disney’s Animal Kingdom ( source ).

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