{"id":54560,"date":"2018-10-11T06:44:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T12:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?page_id=54560"},"modified":"2026-04-27T13:45:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:45:52","slug":"cattle-egret-images","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/cattle-egret-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Cattle-Egret Images"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-image:linear-gradient(180deg, #ffffff 0%,#ffffff 100%);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" alt=\"Western Cattle Egret Images\" title=\"Western Cattle Egret walking up a cow&#8217;s neck\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cattle-egret-on-cow-flies-mia-mcpherson-7691.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cattle-egret-on-cow-flies-mia-mcpherson-7691.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-146328\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cattle-egret-on-cow-flies-mia-mcpherson-7691-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cattle-egret-on-cow-flies-mia-mcpherson-7691-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cattle-egret-on-cow-flies-mia-mcpherson-7691-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cattle-egret-on-cow-flies-mia-mcpherson-7691.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2>Western Cattle-Egret Images, Facts and Information:<\/h2>\n<p><em>Ardea ibis<\/em> used to be <em>Bubulcus ibis<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Western Cattle-Egrets are white, small, stocky and short-necked wading birds with orange-colored bills and legs. During the breeding season the legs, bills and irises of Western Cattle-Egrets turn reddish and they can have yellow, orange or bluish-purple breeding plumes.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/Western_Cattle-Egret\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Western Cattle-Egrets<\/span><\/a> are native to Africa but have naturalized in North and South America. In some areas Western Cattle Egrets are year round residents and in others they are migratory.<\/li>\n<li>Western Cattle-Egrets can be found in open grassy areas, pastures, swamps, marshes, barrier islands, wet meadows and flood plains, often associated herds of cattle.<\/li>\n<li>Western Cattle-Egrets have a broad diet which includes insects, spiders, frogs, fish, aquatic invertebrates, mammals, reptiles, earthworms and birds.<\/li>\n<li>Western Cattle-Egrets lay 1 to 9 eggs which hatch in 22 to 28 days. Both sexes incubate and they are monogamous.<\/li>\n<li>A group of Western Cattle-Egrets can be called a &#8220;stampede&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Western Cattle-Egrets can live to be more than 17 years of age.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope you enjoy viewing my Western Cattle-Egret photos. <i class=\"fb-icon-element-1 fb-icon-element fontawesome-icon fa-feather fas circle-no fusion-text-flow\" style=\"--awb-iconcolor:rgba(97,118,99,0.79);--awb-iconcolor-hover:rgba(97,118,99,0.79);--awb-font-size:20px;--awb-margin-right:10px;\"><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-image:linear-gradient(180deg, #ffffff 0%,#ffffff 100%);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div 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style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-portfolio-wrapper#fusion-portfolio-1 .fusion-portfolio-content{ padding: 25px 25px 25px 25px; text-align: left; }<\/style><div class=\"fusion-recent-works fusion-portfolio-element fusion-portfolio fusion-portfolio-1 fusion-portfolio-grid fusion-portfolio-paging-infinite fusion-portfolio-four fusion-portfolio-boxed fusion-portfolio-text\" data-id=\"-rw-1\" data-columns=\"four\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-portfolio-1 .fusion-portfolio-wrapper .fusion-col-spacing{padding:10px;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-wrapper\" id=\"fusion-portfolio-1\" data-picturesize=\"auto\" data-pages=\"1\" style=\"margin:-10px;\"><article id=\"portfolio-1-post-129188\" class=\"fusion-portfolio-post cattle-egret-images fusion-col-spacing post-129188\"><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content-wrapper\" style=\"border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\"><span class=\"vcard rich-snippet-hidden\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio-items\/landing-western-cattle-egret\/?portfolioCats=6839\" aria-label=\"Landing Western Cattle Egret\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/western-cattle-egret-landing-mia-mcpherson-2730.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Landing Western Cattle Egret, Marshall County, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/western-cattle-egret-landing-mia-mcpherson-2730.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/western-cattle-egret-landing-mia-mcpherson-2730-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/western-cattle-egret-landing-mia-mcpherson-2730-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/western-cattle-egret-landing-mia-mcpherson-2730-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/western-cattle-egret-landing-mia-mcpherson-2730-800x572.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/western-cattle-egret-landing-mia-mcpherson-2730.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\"><h2 class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio-items\/landing-western-cattle-egret\/?portfolioCats=6839\">Landing Western Cattle Egret<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio_category\/cattle-egret-images\/\" rel=\"tag\">Cattle Egret Images<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content\"><p>Title: Landing Western Cattle Egret<\/p>\n<p>Location: Marshall County, Oklahoma<\/p>\n<p>Date: 6\/2\/2024<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article id=\"portfolio-1-post-129082\" class=\"fusion-portfolio-post cattle-egret-images fusion-col-spacing post-129082\"><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content-wrapper\" style=\"border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\"><span class=\"vcard rich-snippet-hidden\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio-items\/roadside-western-cattle-egret\/?portfolioCats=6839\" aria-label=\"Roadside Western Cattle Egret\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cattle-egret-hagerman-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1604.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Roadside Western Cattle Egret, Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, Grayson County, Texas\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cattle-egret-hagerman-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1604.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cattle-egret-hagerman-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1604-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cattle-egret-hagerman-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1604-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cattle-egret-hagerman-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1604-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cattle-egret-hagerman-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1604-800x572.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cattle-egret-hagerman-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1604.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\"><h2 class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio-items\/roadside-western-cattle-egret\/?portfolioCats=6839\">Roadside Western Cattle Egret<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio_category\/cattle-egret-images\/\" rel=\"tag\">Cattle Egret Images<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content\"><p>Title: Roadside Western Cattle Egret<\/p>\n<p>Location: Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, Grayson County, Texas<\/p>\n<p>Date: 5\/24\/2024<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article id=\"portfolio-1-post-129080\" class=\"fusion-portfolio-post cattle-egret-images fusion-col-spacing post-129080\"><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content-wrapper\" style=\"border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\"><span class=\"vcard rich-snippet-hidden\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio-items\/western-cattle-egret-in-breeding-plumage-at-hagerman-nwr\/?portfolioCats=6839\" aria-label=\"Western Cattle Egret in breeding plumage at Hagerman NWR\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cattle-egret-hagerman-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1585.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Western Cattle Egret in breeding plumage at Hagerman NWR, Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, Grayson County, Texas\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cattle-egret-hagerman-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1585.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cattle-egret-hagerman-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1585-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cattle-egret-hagerman-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1585-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cattle-egret-hagerman-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1585-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cattle-egret-hagerman-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1585-800x572.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cattle-egret-hagerman-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1585.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\"><h2 class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio-items\/western-cattle-egret-in-breeding-plumage-at-hagerman-nwr\/?portfolioCats=6839\">Western Cattle Egret in breeding plumage at Hagerman NWR<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio_category\/cattle-egret-images\/\" rel=\"tag\">Cattle Egret Images<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content\"><p>Title: Western Cattle Egret in breeding plumage at Hagerman NWR<\/p>\n<p>Location: Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, Grayson County, Texas<\/p>\n<p>Date: 5\/24\/2024<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article id=\"portfolio-1-post-54558\" class=\"fusion-portfolio-post cattle-egret-images fusion-col-spacing post-54558\"><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content-wrapper\" style=\"border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\"><span class=\"vcard rich-snippet-hidden\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio-items\/cattle-egret-walking-up-a-cows-neck\/?portfolioCats=6839\" aria-label=\"Western Cattle Egret walking up a cow&#8217;s neck\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cattle-egret-on-cow-flies-mia-mcpherson-7691.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Western Cattle Egret walking up a cow&#039;s neck, Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" 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