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The Cattle Egret Expansion

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It arrived near the border of Guiana and Suriname in 1877, though it wasn’t until the 1930′s before this species became really established in the new world. Cattle Egret was first recorded in Florida in 1941 (although originally these were dismissed as escapes), and officially bred in Florida in 1953.

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Bradt travel guide to Sri Lanka by Philip Briggs – review

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Yala National Park is brimming with wildlife and there are good chances of seeing Leopard , Sloth Bear and Asian Elephant , while it is also excellent for dry-zone birds, while the nearby Bundala coastal marshes and Palatupana ponds are good spots for shorebirds.

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