Talk:Cattle Egret
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Hi all,
In my experience, Cattle Egret always go with Water buffalo instead of Cattle. What is Ur views? User:Kclama
I have four that regularly visit my front yard, whenever our three goats are out to pasture far enough from the house. The impression that I get is that they will associate with any animal that disturbs or attracts the insects they feed on. Whenever a Water buffalo passes by (the neighbors have one), they ignore the goats. It seems given the choice, they prefer the bigger animal. Perhaps the Water buffalo somehow attract more insects compared to cattle because of their grazing habits? I'm not certain, and this certainly can't be considered encyclopedic content, but you asked for my view, so here it is. :-) Alternativity 19:48, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Northernmost vagrant?
Recently (October 9–18) a Cattle Egret visited Pekkala (Kaihua), Rovaniemi, Finland (66°20'60" N 26°51'0" E) – or 22.6 km (14.0 mi) south of the Arctic Circle – and I was wondering has this species been observed this north ever before? This was only the second Cattle Egret visit in Finland. I saw the bird myself on October 17, and only a minute or two later it started snowing. Presumably the same bird was previously (October 6–8) observed in Niemelänkylä, Ylivieska, meaning that the bird traveled at least 274 km (170 mi) in one day. --Anshelm '77 18:51, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
