A Stampede of White Cattle Egrets for Wild Bird Wednesday

While traveling from the prairie to my cottage on the edge of a forest, I saw "white peg-shaped" objects lined up on the bank of a farm pond. They were so far away, I could not make out what they were.

There seemed to be no movement at all.
Suddenly.....

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they took to the sky. With one fluid motion, moved to the right, circled around, and....

 

 

landed higher on the hill.

 

From a Google search, I learned that a group of egrets are collectively known as a "Stampede of Egrets".

 

 

The White Cattle Egrets are the only egrets with both a yellow bill and yellow feet.

Click HERE to read some interesting facts about them.

 

Although my photos are not of the clear quality I like to post, I thought the story was still worth a link with

 

 Wild Bird Wednesday.

Meggie Mac