Bubulcus ibis . . .

[RJSorensen]

Or we just call them Cattle Egrets . . . but these are in full breeding colors, as is everything else in these parts.

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[TammieO]

very nice. I saw these for the first time this weekend. I like their punk hairdo.

[Maureen Souza]

We call them cattle egrets too... ours haven't quite made the color changes yet. Nice capture.

[sparker1]

Pretty shot. Our cattle egrets don't seem to have the color or wild hairdo. Yours may come from California. LOL

[RJSorensen]

I think I have the one that Tammie shot last week . . . LOL. They grow a lot of 'stuff' down south you know . . .

[Maz]

Wow! We certainly do not have those!

Thanks for showing your photo.

Maz
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[Reigh Higgins]

I seen a couple . Great photo Again!

[RJSorensen]

Thanks for enjoying the Cattle birds with me . . . they are fun in the spring.

Are these what most folks call shore birds? I could use some help with terms and such if this is so. I did not care much for the "Little Birds" and other such until I started to 'shoot' again. Now I enjoy them double . . . a wonderful thing.

Kind regards to all as always.

[HJMinard]

If we get them in these parts, I've never had the good fortune to see one.

Really nice shot, RJ!

[Cobra351]

Very nice shot.

[Michaelmjc]

What a strange looking bird, nice shot.

[stoneylonesome]

What a proud and majestic looking bird, You captured the prefect moment of the perfect pose. :lol: :lol:

[RJSorensen]

Oh . . . Sandy, you are so kind. Thank you and everyone whom liked the Cattle Birds. They are fun for sure. I think a much better photo of his majesty awaits me. We will see. We are getting more and more birds in and some of them I do not know so I may have a few surprises in the days to come.

My kind regards as always.

[CyberDyneSystems]

Great shot!

No,. Cattle egrets I do not think are considered in the catagory of shore birds :)
(although they certainly can be found there)

Your Avocet is though,. sand pipers, plovers etc...

[boomer1959]

This is too cool RJ. We don't ever see these birds up here. Great shot, Great composition :D

[lost]

Nice shot. We have way too many here in Louisiana. I have herd them called that and many other things, flying roaches, rats with wings, etc. Seems they are attracted to the sound of tractors. Every time I start bush-hogging I end up with about 30-40 following me eating the grasshoppers and such. But they are pretty in their spring colors.

[RJSorensen]

I would seem that it is always so . . . one mans treasure is another mans junk, or versa visa. We do not see that many, so they caught my eye. I thought them funny white egrets at first, but then saw them for Cattle Egrets in their best dress, lol.