Cattle Egrets

trying to find a place for the night. As you can see they are killing the trees. The trees at the hotel had to be taken down, as they had died. These ones across and on the beach will soon have the same silent death.

[Babs]

Wow, so many. Looks like a scene from a Hitchcock movie.

[Sally Ings]

That's a lot of egrets. Sad to read that the trees will soon no longer be.

[Sue Cooper]

Wow! That’s a lot of cattle egrets. How do they actually kill the trees?

[JackieR]

Gosh what a lot. Is it their acid pooh that kills the trees ( like cormorants?) Are they very noisy?? A really interesting nature shot with them flying in

[Valerie Chesney]

So sad, this shot with so many is great....

[Jacqueline]

It’s great to see so much egrets together.

[Henri Russell]

We have the same problems in certain areas.

[Paul]

Nicely captured :)

[vonski]

Wow what a shot

[Rosie Kind]

It’s a shame about the trees but nice to see so many birds

[bruni]

Too bad for the nice trees. it always says Nature takes care...not in this case.

[Dawn]

A cool capture of so many birds it is a shame about the trees though

[Rick]

Awesome capture. What about the birds kills the trees?

[Diana]

@onewing @salza @susiemc @30pics4jackiesdiamond @happysnaps @jacqbb @henrir @paul10 @ilovelenses @rosiekind @bruni @Dawn @rickster549 Thanks for the kind comments, they are very much appreciated.

[Diana]

@susiemc @30pics4jackiesdiamond @rickster549 They rid the tree of leaves so that they can find twigs to make a nest to sit on. Obviously their pooh is the real killer. They screech, squabble and fight to get a resting spot for the nigh.

[bruni]

Back to the egrets. about the twigs and leaves. it does make sense. Nature is often so cruel.

[4rky]

Great crowd scene!