Friends

or not? This little cattle egret snuck up on the sleeping calf who was not amused. It opened one eye and after a nasty look the egret backed off. It did come back again though.

Only once I uploaded did I notice the long colour tipped lashes and what appears to be the growth of it's horn.

As I was in the area yesterday, I went back to try and get an id on the breed but nobody was around.

[Kitty Hawke]

haha....that is fab.....what a shock for him !

[Susan Wakely]

A beneficial friendship. Great capture.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Aaw ! Delightful capture - an instant fav !

[Steve Chappell]

Aww, lovely friendship. Great catch

[Kartia]

Such a contrast between the two different eyes! Cow's have the most magnificent eyelashes don't they? Great shot.

[Jacqueline]

Don’t they eat the insects that often pester the cattle? Great capture!

[winghong_ho]

Beautiful capture. They are friendly.

[Valerie Chesney]

This is so wonderful!

[moni kozi]

This is such a heart warming composition

[narayani]

Wonderful capture, even if the calf was not so happy about it.

[katy]

FAV This is an amazing composition and even though they didn’t last it is still so fun to see

[Babs]

Aw so sweet. Listen, do you want to know a secret ........

[Mags]

Such a sweet shot!

[Merrelyn]

Sweet capture

[Esther Rosenberg]

Such a sweet capture even knowing they are doing their own thing. You capture some awesome details on the cow.

[Desi]

Love it

[gloria jones]

What a great capture :)!

[Danette Thompson]

A wonderful shot so well executed

[Helge E. Storheim]

Super timing and capture

[KoalaGardens🐨]

the calf will learn that they do want the egrets as they keep nasty insect parasites off them

[Carole Sandford]

What a great capture!

[Joan Robillard]

Grat shot

[George]

What a wonderful sight and capture.

[Shutterbug]

Perfect timing. Love that look.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Great shot- that's one brave egret, although they must have some sort of symbiotic relationship for the calf to even tolerate him being so close.

[Heather]

A sweet image, and I love your narrative, Diana! Fav

[Rick]

Awesome capture.

[Diana]

@cutekitty @wakelys @beryl @swchappell @kartia @jacqbb @monikozi @narayani @grammyn @onewing @marlboromaam @merrelyn @dutchothotmailcom @seacreature @seattlite @danette @helstor365 @koalagardens @carole_sandford @joansmor @gaf005 @shutterbug49 @olivetreeann @365projectorgheatherb @rickster549 Thanks for the wonderful comments, favs and getting it on the tp and pp. It is very much appreciated :-)

[Kathy A]

Such a lovely capture of this pair

[4rky]

Fab capture of them both