Bubulcus ibis
Cattle Egrets are white, small, stocky and short-necked wading birds with orange-colored bills and legs. During the breeding season the legs, bills and irises of Cattle Egrets turn reddish and they can have yellow, orange or bluish-purple breeding plumes.
Title: Landing Western Cattle Egret
Location: Marshall County, Oklahoma
Date: 6/2/2024
Title: Roadside Western Cattle Egret
Location: Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, Grayson County, Texas
Date: 5/24/2024
Title: Western Cattle Egret in breeding plumage at Hagerman NWR
Location: Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, Grayson County, Texas
Date: 5/24/2024
Title: Western Cattle Egret walking up a cow’s neck
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/24/2018
Title: Adult Western Cattle Egret riding on a cow’s back
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/24/2018
Title: Western Cattle Egret perched on a cow’s back with hundreds of flies
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/24/2018
Title: Western Cattle Egret in the marsh at Farmington Bay WMA
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/24/2018