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One pelican swimming through dead trees on a river

Canadian Geese taking flight from waters of Lake Coeur D Alene, Idaho, USA, North America

Lake Nakuru wetlands are a prime habitat for over 300 bird species and animals in Kenya

Tranquil river scene in outback Queensland, Australia

Kookaburras are terrestrial tree kingfishers native to Australia and New Guinea. They have a loud distinctive call that has become synonomous with Australia.

The North Island Kokako in the New Zealand Tiritiri Matangi conservation

White bellied Sea Eagle (Platycercus elegans) perched high in the trees above Lake King in the Gippsland Lakes

Juvenile White Ibis resting on a park bench in the morning sun.

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$Western Cattle Egret.\nThe western cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) is a species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. Most taxonomic authorities lump this species and the eastern cattle egret together (called the cattle egret), but some (including the International Ornithologists' Union) separate them. Despite the similarities in plumage to the egrets of the genus Egretta, it is more closely related to the herons of Ardea. Originally native to parts of Asia, Africa and Europe, it has undergone a rapid expansion in its distribution and successfully colonised much of the rest of the world in the last century.\n\nIt is a white bird adorned with buff plumes in the breeding season. It nests in colonies, usually near bodies of water and often with other wading birds. The nest is a platform of sticks in trees or shrubs. Western cattle egrets exploit drier and open habitats more than other heron species. Their feeding habitats include seasonally inundated grasslands, pastures, farmlands, wetlands and rice paddies. They often accompany cattle or other large mammals, catching insect and small vertebrate prey disturbed by these animals. Some populations of the cattle egret are migratory and others show post-breeding dispersal.\n\nThe adult cattle egret has few predators, but birds or mammals may raid its nests, and chicks may be lost to starvation, calcium deficiency or disturbance from other large birds. This species maintains a special relationship with cattle, which extends to other large grazing mammals; wider human farming is believed to be a major cause of their suddenly expanded range. The cattle egret removes ticks and flies from cattle and consumes them. This benefits both species, but it has been implicated in the spread of tick-borne animal diseases.$

Large flock of australian grey teal flock taking off from a lagoon in northern Queensland, Australia.

Pod of pelicans in wetlands, Urana rural NSW

Blue-winged kookaburra on a wooden frame in Magnetic Island, QLD

Australian native Laughing Kookaburra in the bush

The laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) is a bird in the kingfisher subfamily Halcyoninae.

An endemic Cuban Trogon on in the forest in the magnificent natural reserve of Matanzas in Cuba.

Plumed Whistling Duck standing in the underbrush.

The laughing kookaburra is a bird in the kingfisher subfamily. It is a large robust kingfisher with a whitish head and a brown eye-stripe. The upperparts are mostly dark brown but there is a mottled light-blue patch on the wing coverts.

Bay of Fires Conservation Area is a popular tourist destination in Tasmania

Stork bird sitting in a dead tree with clear blue sky background, outback Australia

The white-breasted cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus) is much like the widespread great cormorant and if not a regional variant of the same species, is at least very closely related. It is distinguished from other forms of the great cormorant by its white breast and by the fact that subpopulations are freshwater birds. Phalacrocorax lucidus is not to be confused with the smaller and very different endemic South Australian black-faced cormorant, which also is sometimes called the white-breasted cormorant.

Pelicans fly in formation on Cullyamurra waterhole on Cooper creek, South Australia.

Early morning reflections in the lake at the Dunkeld Arboretum in Victoria’s west at the Grampians

Puddle and Nest Colony Aerea photographed in Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul. Pantanal Biome. Picture made in 2017.

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