The great egret lives all around the continents of ... mistake the American white ibis for a different species among birds with white heads, such as a cattle egret. The ibis is recognizable ...

The reserve said it regularly saw 12-17 cattle egrets and six great white egrets last winter. Cattle egret are white plumed birds that often follow cattle around, feeding on the insects they disturb.

The snowy egret—and its slightly larger cousin, the great egret—were similarly ... wings and even entire taxidermied birds. The egrets’ brilliant white plumage, especially the gossamer ...

Cattle egret birds bred for the first known time in Yorkshire ... "We're hoping they will breed again this year, and the great white egrets might breed here for the first time this year too." ...