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Close-up of American white ibis standing on a dry tree in a swamp.

A snowy egret stands in still water with its feathers flowing in Puerto Vallarta Mexico

A Great Egret (Ardea alba) wades in freshwater pond. The bird is near the shoreline as it slowly moves. The bird is reflected in the surface of the water.

A Little Egret walking in the water looking for food, springtime in Camargue (Provence, France)

A beautiful shot of Great Egret bird in the Chilika Lake in Odisha, India

Great egret (Ardea alba) with elegant breeding plumes standing in a marsh on the Connecticut coast in April. At Hammonasset Beach State Park.

Shimmering vibrant colours and diversity of species such as the Great Egret, marks Costa Rica as one of the principal Central America countries with a territory and tropical rainforest that hosts migration from north America and south America to give it unparalleled numbers and variation of birdlife

Black headed gull flying over a lake in Gosforth Park Nature Reserve.

A closeup of the great egret perched on a branch. Ardea alba.

white egret on the indian river lagoon in melbourne florida

$Close-up of snowy egret standing on shore with a just caught fingerling in it's beak.\n\nTaken at Moss Landing, California near the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Reserve$

Great white egret perched on its nest waiting for its mate to return. Egrets were once aggressively hunted for their breeding feathers to supply the hat making trade.

Little Egret feeding on a small fish in a lake in the Villa Borghese Gardens.

$Western Cattle Egret.\nThe western cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) is a species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. Most taxonomic authorities lump this species and the eastern cattle egret together (called the cattle egret), but some (including the International Ornithologists' Union) separate them. Despite the similarities in plumage to the egrets of the genus Egretta, it is more closely related to the herons of Ardea. Originally native to parts of Asia, Africa and Europe, it has undergone a rapid expansion in its distribution and successfully colonised much of the rest of the world in the last century.\n\nIt is a white bird adorned with buff plumes in the breeding season. It nests in colonies, usually near bodies of water and often with other wading birds. The nest is a platform of sticks in trees or shrubs. Western cattle egrets exploit drier and open habitats more than other heron species. Their feeding habitats include seasonally inundated grasslands, pastures, farmlands, wetlands and rice paddies. They often accompany cattle or other large mammals, catching insect and small vertebrate prey disturbed by these animals. Some populations of the cattle egret are migratory and others show post-breeding dispersal.\n\nThe adult cattle egret has few predators, but birds or mammals may raid its nests, and chicks may be lost to starvation, calcium deficiency or disturbance from other large birds. This species maintains a special relationship with cattle, which extends to other large grazing mammals; wider human farming is believed to be a major cause of their suddenly expanded range. The cattle egret removes ticks and flies from cattle and consumes them. This benefits both species, but it has been implicated in the spread of tick-borne animal diseases.$

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