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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 Shanghai in March 2023

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The Light-vented Bulbul apparently benefits from being a social animal, which I personally (being not very social) find a bit unfair. One paper describes them living in the cemeteries of Yogyakarta in Indonesia. Actually, that is more aligned with the Latin species name (fortipes) than the English name.

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