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One pelican swimming through dead trees on a river

Sulphur crested cockatoo resting in a tree.

Landscape view of Tingalpa Reservoir, Burbank QLD, Australia.

aerial view on the river of lower zambezi area in Zambia

Tree climber arborist up a tree over a river

Condamine River just outside of Chinchilla in the Darling Downs

Lake Nakuru wetlands are a prime habitat for over 300 bird species and animals in Kenya

Panoramic view of trees, grasses, granite boulders and hills in the rugged landscape of World Heritage listed Dangar's Gorge on the western edge of the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park in the New England High country near Armidale NSW

Blue Tongue Bend Walk along the Yarra River as part of Warrandyte State Park on a warm winter's day in Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia.

A close up of a colourful Australian Rainbow lorikeet sitting on a branch.

A cockatoo looking over the shoulder of another eating a small green plant

Wild Sulphur-crested cockatoo bird in New South Wales, Eastern Australia

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Early morning reflections in the lake at the Dunkeld Arboretum in Victoria’s west at the Grampians

Aerial view from drone on tropical beach with palm trees and speed boats floating in caribbean sea

An endemic Cuban Trogon on in the forest in the magnificent natural reserve of Matanzas in Cuba.

Warrandyte River Reserve and surrounding landscape on a cool autumn day in Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia.

Bay of Fires Conservation Area is a popular tourist destination in Tasmania

Tranquil river scene in outback Queensland, Australia

Kookaburras are terrestrial tree kingfishers native to Australia and New Guinea. They have a loud distinctive call that has become synonomous with Australia.

Stork bird sitting in a dead tree with clear blue sky background, outback Australia

Two Sulphur Crested Cockatoo foraging for food on the ground

The view of the shoreline mangroves from a kayaking trip in Bribie Island, Queensland, Australia

$Western Cattle Egret.\nThe western cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) is a species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. Most taxonomic authorities lump this species and the eastern cattle egret together (called the cattle egret), but some (including the International Ornithologists' Union) separate them. Despite the similarities in plumage to the egrets of the genus Egretta, it is more closely related to the herons of Ardea. Originally native to parts of Asia, Africa and Europe, it has undergone a rapid expansion in its distribution and successfully colonised much of the rest of the world in the last century.\n\nIt is a white bird adorned with buff plumes in the breeding season. It nests in colonies, usually near bodies of water and often with other wading birds. The nest is a platform of sticks in trees or shrubs. Western cattle egrets exploit drier and open habitats more than other heron species. Their feeding habitats include seasonally inundated grasslands, pastures, farmlands, wetlands and rice paddies. They often accompany cattle or other large mammals, catching insect and small vertebrate prey disturbed by these animals. Some populations of the cattle egret are migratory and others show post-breeding dispersal.\n\nThe adult cattle egret has few predators, but birds or mammals may raid its nests, and chicks may be lost to starvation, calcium deficiency or disturbance from other large birds. This species maintains a special relationship with cattle, which extends to other large grazing mammals; wider human farming is believed to be a major cause of their suddenly expanded range. The cattle egret removes ticks and flies from cattle and consumes them. This benefits both species, but it has been implicated in the spread of tick-borne animal diseases.$

Beautiful View of the Water at Lake Inverell Reserve, Inverell, New South Wales, Australia

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