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Cattle Egrets
Bubulcus ibis
29.5869, -95.0968
Field Notes
Description:
A medium-sized all-white heron with a sturdy yellow bill, dark legs and feet. A rather short, thick neck for a heron makes it have a swollen throat look. Immature entirely white without plumes and the bill starts out dark and gradually becomes yellow.
Habitat:
Parking lot at the University of Houston, Clear Lake. It was a very cold, gray, windy day. They were spotted on the way to the first UTC site.
Notes:
Starting Part 2 of the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail. It will cover the lower part of the Upper Texas Coastal Trail; Galveston, TX to Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge.
Part 1 of the Upper Texas Coastal Trail was started last September. It covered Sea Rim State Park in Beaumont, TX and ended at Bolivar Flats in Galveston, TX.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 7, 2013
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