In 1959, Hawaii introduced cattle egrets to eat flies around livestock; they spread across the islands and created unexpected challenges

Cattle egrets were introduced to Hawaii in 1959 for pest control purposes. Their population rapidly increased, spreading ...
Miami Herald

They’re not in the mood. Toxins are turning off great egrets mating in the Everglades

Great egrets in the Everglades are losing their sexual motivation because they are exposed to mercury through the fish they eat, a University of Florida study using more than 20 years of data has ...
WFLA News Channel 8

Not in the mood, egrets skipping sex after eating bad fish

MIAMI (AP) — Florida’s great egrets just aren’t in the mood. Blame it on a headache or stomachache caused by eating some bad fish. A University of Florida study has found that increased mercury ...
The Beaumont Enterprise

Local lowdown: Experts discuss cattle egrets in Southeast Texas

If you see cattle in Southeast Texas, there's probably a little white bird somewhere close. Those birds are called egrets, and they're not clinging to cows for some cute animal friendship. There ...
Post Register

Cattle egrets have had impressive expansion of habitat

While I photographed, Cathy was busy observing several thousand roseate spoonbills, great and snowy egrets, and cormorants in a communal nesting area called a rookery at Smith Oaks on High Island in ...