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Common Linnet (Linaria cannabina) flying in a group.

Nature's Harmony: Small Egret Foraging in Vibrant Rice Paddies. Scenery of rice fields in Zhunan Town, Miaoli County. Taiwan

The red-billed quelea, also known as the red-billed weaver or red-billed dioch, is a small—approximately 12 cm long and weighing 15–26 g —migratory, sparrow-like bird of the weaver family, Ploceidae, native to Sub-Saharan Africa.

Flock of Sandhill Cranes flying in winter time. 600mm lens. Canon 1Dx.

Sandhill Cranes are silhouetted against the pink colored sky and purple color mountain range. Bosque de Apache creates a beauty in nature with wildlife and spectacular colors.

A flock of common starling birds Sturnus vulgaris flight above a meadow.

White egrets in a freshly harvested rice field in the central part of Sri Lanka

Wild duck flies up out of the water along the tall grass on a beautiful summer morning, Volgermeerpolder, Netherlands, nature reserve, breeding, bird area, travel location, morning glory, wildlife

group of duck walking in the paddy field

A flock is a gathering of a group of same species animals in order to forage or travel with one another. In avians flocks are typically seen in association with migration. While this is true it can also be seen that flocking is important in safety from predation and foraging benefits.

A photo of a vibrant country field in harvest

natural flock of starling birds (sturnus vulgaris) in backlight

$The fulvous whistling duck or fulvous tree duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) is a species of whistling duck that breeds across the world's tropical regions in much of Mexico and South America, the West Indies, the southern United States, sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian subcontinent. It has plumage that is mainly reddish brown, long legs and a long grey bill, and shows a distinctive white band across its black tail in flight. Like other members of its ancient lineage, it has a whistling call which is given in flight or on the ground. Its preferred habitat consists of wetlands with plentiful vegetation, including shallow lakes and paddy fields. The nest, built from plant material and unlined, is placed among dense vegetation or in a tree hole. The typical clutch is around ten whitish eggs. The breeding adults, which pair for life, take turns to incubate, and the eggs hatch in 24–29 days. The downy grey ducklings leave the nest within a day or so of hatching, but the parents continue to protect them until they fledge around nine weeks later.\n\nThe fulvous whistling duck feeds in wetlands by day or night on seeds and other parts of plants. It is sometimes regarded as a pest of rice cultivation, and is also shot for food in parts of its range. Despite hunting, poisoning by pesticides and natural predation by mammals, birds, and reptiles, the large numbers and huge range of this duck mean that it is classified as least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.$

Jesus shared the parable of the sower. A sower sowed seeds in his fields. The seeds fell on three different types of soil—rocky ground, thorny ground, and good soil. The seed is the word of God. Those sown on rocky ground are people who hear the word and immediately receive it with joy. But have no root and when troubles and suffering come along, they fall away. Seeds sown among the thorns are people who hear the word but the cares of the world and the desire for money choke the word so that it cannot bear fruit. As for what was sown on good soil, these are people who hear the word and understand it. They bear fruit, some yielding thirty-fold, some sixty-fold, and some a hundred-fold.

A group of sparrows eat rice in the rice field, causing agricultural losses

Common Cranes in Keoladeo National Park taking off.

Flock of blackbirds taking off from an agricultural field in Alberta Canada

Morning mist over rice field with a flock of bird flying by

$Great Egret.\nThe great egret (Ardea alba), also known as the common egret, large egret, or (in the Old World) great white egret or great white heron, is a large, widely distributed egret. The four subspecies are found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and southern Europe. Recently it is also spreading to more northern areas of Europe. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, it builds tree nests in colonies close to water.$

Flock of birds flying over the field in susnet light

$Egret is the name for birds from the Ardeidae tribe. This bird is long-legged, long-necked.\nherds of egrets are looking for food in the fields.$

SCARLET IBIS eudocimus ruber, GROUP IN FLIGHT, LOS LIANOS IN VENEZUELA

Great Egret walks in the Tuscan countryside. Winter.

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