At first glance, you might confuse a western cattle egret with other white egrets ... western cattle egrets will boast orange-ish red feathers on the backs of their heads, their breasts, and ...

the great egret—were similarly imperiled by the late 1800s, when fashionable women began wearing hats adorned with feathers, wings and even entire taxidermied birds. The egrets’ brilliant ...

Cattle egret are white plumed birds that often follow ... "We watched the cattle egrets acquiring their beautiful breeding plumage and noticed the eye of one turning red, which they do just ...

David Carnduff shines a light on more of the fascinating bird life to be found on a walk along the Inverclyde shore.

The male cattle egret's pure white plumage turns a brownish-orange colour to attract females during the mating season. Sunbirds Sunbirds are tiny creatures with very colourful feathers.