Cattle Egrets feeding on refuse tip.
During a study of scavenging by birds in Uganda, D. E. Pomeroy (Ibis 117: 69-81) observed considerable numbers of Cattle Egrets Bubulcus ibis feeding on Natate refuse tip in Kampala. Although they were probably attracted by the large numbers of insects associated with the refuse and were unlikely to have been scavenging in the strictest sense, the species wa
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