cattle egret
noun
: a small Old World white egret (Bubulcus ibis) introduced into the New World and having a yellow bill and in the breeding season buff on the crown, breast, and back
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Austin Wildlife Rescue took in 30 Mississippi kites and 30 cattle egrets last week.
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Rachel Royster, Austin American-Statesman, 20 July 2024
In the late eighteen-hundreds, trade winds carried the cattle egret nearly two thousand miles from Africa to South America.
—Michael Adno, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
Three redheads, a cattle egret and a common gallinule at Hummock Pond, and two more cattle egrets at Bartlett’s Farm.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Oct. 2022
Four blue-winged teal, a cattle egret, and a veery at Squantum, two piping plovers at Wollaston Beach, six purple martins at Stony Brook Sanctuary in Norfolk, and a Louisiana waterthrush at Fowl Meadow in Canton.
—BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2022
Worcester County: The region hosted a cackling goose at the Davis Farmland and a cattle egret on Redstone Hill Road, both in Sterling.
—BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2021
Franklin County: The area also hosted a cattle egret in the Whately/Deerfield area, as well as one of the first seasonal reports of a Northern shrike at the Orange Airport.
—BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2021
Plymouth County: The area is hosting a king eider in the Nantasket Beach area of Hull, as many as five sandhill cranes at Burrage Pond Wildlife Area in Hanson, and a cattle egret at Daniel Webster Sanctuary in Marshfield.
—BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2021
Highlights included a cattle egret in South Hadley, four black vultures in Hadley, a common gallinule in Hatfield, and two evening grosbeaks in Amherst.
—BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2021
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Rachel Royster, Austin American-Statesman, 20 July 2024
In the late eighteen-hundreds, trade winds carried the cattle egret nearly two thousand miles from Africa to South America.
—Michael Adno, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
Three redheads, a cattle egret and a common gallinule at Hummock Pond, and two more cattle egrets at Bartlett’s Farm.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Oct. 2022
Four blue-winged teal, a cattle egret, and a veery at Squantum, two piping plovers at Wollaston Beach, six purple martins at Stony Brook Sanctuary in Norfolk, and a Louisiana waterthrush at Fowl Meadow in Canton.
—BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2022
Worcester County: The region hosted a cackling goose at the Davis Farmland and a cattle egret on Redstone Hill Road, both in Sterling.
—BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2021
Franklin County: The area also hosted a cattle egret in the Whately/Deerfield area, as well as one of the first seasonal reports of a Northern shrike at the Orange Airport.
—BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2021
Plymouth County: The area is hosting a king eider in the Nantasket Beach area of Hull, as many as five sandhill cranes at Burrage Pond Wildlife Area in Hanson, and a cattle egret at Daniel Webster Sanctuary in Marshfield.
—BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2021
Highlights included a cattle egret in South Hadley, four black vultures in Hadley, a common gallinule in Hatfield, and two evening grosbeaks in Amherst.
—BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2021
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“Cattle egret.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cattle%20egret. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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