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Cattle Egrets
(Bubulcus ibis) Continued

While primarily a land bird, during breeding season they tend to seek breeding communes with other egrets and herons. A new mate is chosen each breeding season. Typically, the nest, a platform of sticks in trees or high shrubs, contains 3-5 light blue eggs. As with other herons and egrets, the male usually gathers the sticks and the female does the arranging.

Incubation takes around 23 days. Sibling rivalry can be intense and very seldom do more than 2 or 3 chicks survive.

The cattle egrets shown on this page were photographed in Orange County, Florida.