Cattle Egrets, Lincoln

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Cattle Egrets, Lincoln

Postby Gregortims » Wed Jul 05, 2023 11:26 am

3 Cattle Egrets just outside Lincoln, Canterbury this morning, with cattle at the corner of Springs Road and Collins Road.
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Re: Cattle Egrets, Lincoln

Postby Gregortims » Wed Jul 05, 2023 11:28 am

A terrible photo of one taken with my phone through my binoculars
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Re: Cattle Egrets, Lincoln

Postby wazzagonewild » Wed Jul 05, 2023 2:26 pm

Thanks for the heads up. Popped out during lunchtime and there were 13 cattle egrets in the field!
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Re: Cattle Egrets, Lincoln

Postby Jan » Wed Jul 05, 2023 2:57 pm

It is certainly very wet around here at present, so bugs stirred up by stock are a magnet for CEgrets
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Re: Cattle Egrets, Lincoln

Postby sav » Thu Jul 06, 2023 12:26 pm

Hi all,

There were 6 present late morning today (Thursday). I couldn't find any more in adjacent paddocks.

cheers
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Re: Cattle Egrets, Lincoln

Postby Davidthomas » Tue Jul 11, 2023 8:49 am

Following on from these I had approximately 22-23 egrets just off the road in a farmers field here this morning.

https://www.google.com/maps?q=-43.8059793,172.3553167&hl=en-NZ&gl=nz&entry=gps&lucs=,47071704&g_ep=CAISBjYuNzMuMhgAINeCAyoJLDQ3MDcxNzA0QgJOWg%3D%3D&g_st=ifm&g_st=ifm
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Re: Cattle Egrets, Lincoln

Postby Jan » Tue Jul 11, 2023 9:52 am

I can't see the site location via your link, david.
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Re: Cattle Egrets, Lincoln

Postby Jan » Tue Jul 11, 2023 6:21 pm

Via the atlas website, the site is at Johnstons Rd near Leeston
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Re: Cattle Egrets, Lincoln

Postby Samsperdy » Fri Jul 14, 2023 4:19 pm

Saw 6 Cattle Egrets today with Ben Ackerley, Micah Pomare and Lauren McCauley. They were scared up into the air by some Australasian Harrier. Ebird checklist below:
https://ebird.org/atlasnz/checklist/S144478203
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Re: Cattle Egrets, Lincoln

Postby benackerley » Thu Jul 20, 2023 11:52 am

Cheers, Ben

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