Western Cattle Egret bred at Fairburn Ings for the first-ever time in 2024 – and there are hopes Great Egret will follow suit ...

This striking cattle egret, all decked out in its breeding plumage, was checking out a nesting site at the rookery in the Village of DeLuna. Thanks to Julie Walfield for sharing!

Long before roads and rails crisscrossed the Everglades, the Seminole Tribe had their own method of transportation: The Water ...

A "record number" of egrets have been recorded at a West Yorkshire nature reserve, with one species successfully breeding for the first time in the site's history. At Fairburn Ings, near Castleford, ...

Cattle egret are white plumed birds that often follow ... "We watched the cattle egrets acquiring their beautiful breeding plumage and noticed the eye of one turning red, which they do just ...

hopes cattle egret will breed at Fairburn Ings once again this year Karen Swaffield, RSPB warden, said: "We watched the cattle egrets acquiring their beautiful breeding plumage and noticed the eye ...

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Their federation, the National Audubon Society, adopted the great egret as its symbol ... migrants to Rhode Island before the height of the plume trade, started appearing again in greater numbers ...

Waterbirds have seen a resurgence thanks to Gould Island's private nature, but efforts to open the island to recreation has created worry.

Whether you’re hoping to spot a black bear ambling through the woods, a great egret gliding over a cypress swamp, or a pod of dolphins playing in coastal waters, the South is teeming with wildlife.

It's been known for some time that some—but not all—female white-necked jacobin hummingbirds take on the brightly colored plumage worn by males. In a study published in Animal Behaviour ...