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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. If you are a person who enjoys analyzing the stuff regurgitated by bird chicks, you probably wish to have participated in a study looking at the diet of Yellow Bitterns in South Korea. This Cattle Egret has just read a paper stating that it would be 3.6

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