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Cattle Egret Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: How often do you get to a chance to catch a bird in it's teenage, punk-rock stage of life? Cattle Egrets aren't something I see very often in South Dakota. They just don't breed around southeastern South Dakota, and aren't found here in migration much. They are found further north in the state more often though, and I bird enough around the Lake Thompson area, for example, to see them on occasion. This was a real treat though to not only come across some Cattle Egret near Lake Madison, but to see them in the most colorful, outlandish breeding plumage that I've ever seen on the species. From April 19th, 2020 near Lake Madison, South Dakota.

Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis

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Cattle Egret 1

May 5th, 2005
Lake County, South Dakota

Cattle Egret 2

June 23rd, 2005
Assateague Island, Virginia

Cattle Egret 3

June 23rd, 2005
Assateague Island, Virginia

Cattle Egret 4

May 3rd, 2015
Kingsbury County, South Dakota

Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis

Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis

Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis

Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis

Cattle Egret 5

May 3rd, 2015
Kingsbury County, South Dakota

Cattle Egret 6

May 3rd, 2015
Kingsbury County, South Dakota

Cattle Egret 7

May 18th, 2018
Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Cattle Egret 8

May 13th, 2018
Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis

Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis

Cattle Egret 11 - Bubulcus ibis 

 Cattle Egret 12 - Bubulcus ibis

Cattle Egret 9

May 13th, 2018
Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Cattle Egret 10

May 13th, 2018
Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Cattle Egret 11

April 19th, 2020
Near Lake Madison, South Dakota
 

Cattle Egret 12

April 19th, 2020
Near Lake Madison, South Dakota
 
Cattle Egret 13 - Bubulcus ibis       

Cattle Egret 13

April 19th, 2020
Near Lake Madison, South Dakota
 
     

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