Nemesis Bird
29Apr/113

Centre County Cattle Egrets

written by Drew Weber

I picked up another Centre County life bird today after Chuck reported four Cattle Egrets hanging out with some cattle behind his house. It was fun to watch these small egrets forage close to the car as I tried to get some photos.

Cattle Egrets have had a very interesting history in North America. Starting in the 1950's the Cattle Egret began such a rapid range expansion that within about 40 years they were common in many areas. Their population reached a peak in the 1970's and has been slowly declining since then. They have especially declined along the Atlantic Coast north of the Carolinas. I remember seeing them more frequently when I was younger but now they are a hit or miss species for me in any given year.

 

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  • Mattsab12

    drew,

    excellent photos of some good birds…if they’re still around through saturday, I’d seriously consider coming up for them. That’s going to be a tough bird on the year. If you would like to go out together or could possibly provide me the information of exactly where they’re at, it would be much appreciated….my email is mattsab12@yahoo.com feel free to shoot me an email whenever. Congratulations on a good find

  • Nickpulcinella

    Fantastic plumage on these birds.

  • Mattsab12

    I take it these guys aren’t around anymore? I see you’re catching up in eBird. You can thank a week of finals for that!


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