Birds!

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I used to always see egrets riding on the backs of cows but not in years.
Maybe the bug stuff they use on cows now.

Cattle egrets are rampant where I live. They are less lovely than the snowy egret with their fancy breeding plumage and yellow feet. The great egret is the 4 ft tall one we have here. There is also a reddish egret, rarer, more on the salt water flats.

^ I thought about this thread because I saw a great white egret on my walk this morning. I thought it was just a normal little egret but as I got closer I realised it was bloody huge (similar size to Grey heron) and had an orange beak. It seemed braver than the little ones too, let me get quite close with two dogs before it took to the air.

Never seen one before.

Saw a barn swallow from my back yard yesterday! A common bird, but first time I've seen one from my back yard!

black kites migrating

nine (also) flew over the parking lot, impressive

I like little green birds.