Base officials say even though major strikes are pretty rare, in July 2013, a single cattle egret strike over the base airfield led to the non-fatal ejection of two pilots and the complete loss of ...

In Brazil, the cattle egret was first recorded in the northern region of the country in 1964, feeding along with buffalos on Marajo Island in the state of Para. Novel colonizers can cause problems ...

The odd name, cattle egret, reflects this long-legged two-foot tall all-white bird’s companionship with grazing animals. Worldwide, cattle egrets follow many grazers: elephants, giraffes, hippos ...

A Cattle Egret tries to pick up a branch in the San Antonio River to use in its nest at the egret and heron rookery in Brackenridge Park on Thursday, May 18, 2017. MARVIN PFEIFFER/ mpfeiffer ...

Three eggs found in a nest at Elmendorf Lake have halted plans by the city and Joint Base San Antonio to remove cattle egrets from the West Side park, deemed a risk factor for aircraft using ...

Adam Henry, a Fort Worth-based urban biologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said cattle egrets are attracted to neighborhoods with 30- to 40-foot-tall mature trees and a dense limb canopy.

A new study of the colonization patterns of the cattle egret in Brazil, published in the open access journal NeoBiota, offers a new take on the study of alien species. It aims to present how the ...