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Updated: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 9:32 AM
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Egrets are a protected species!
BIRDS PROTECTED BY THE MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT

List of Migratory Birds

This is an adaptation of the List of Migratory Birds that appears in Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 10.13. The major difference between this list and the "official" published list is that the scientific and common (English) names have been changed to conform to the most recent taxonomy (as reflected in the 1983 AOU Check-list and published supplements through 1995). In cases where a name in the following list differs from that in the CFR list, the name in the CFR list is cross-referenced in parentheses. EXAMPLES: in the CFR list, the Yellow Bittern is listed as Chinese Bittern and the scientific name of the Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) is given as Polyborus plancus. The referenced species are the same in both lists, only the nomenclature has changed. (click here to see the complete list)
Egret,    
  Cattle Bubulcus ibis
  Chinese Egretta eulophotes
  Great Ardea (=Casmerodius) alba (=albus)
  Intermediate (=Plumed), Mesophoyx (=Egretta) intermedia
  Plumed (see Egret, Intermediate)
  Reddish Egretta rufescens
  Snowy Egretta thula
 
 
I will be adding additional information about Egrets. Any research or information into legal and humane ways to get them to move on would be appreciated.
My first goal is to properly identify the type of Egrets visiting the lake. Any good pictures of Egrets on our lake would be appreciated.
How to identify Egrets
Cattle Egret
Great Egret
How NOT to solve the Egret problem
www.ksu.edu/audubon/slaughter.html
www.birder.com/science/taxonomychat/0559.html
Cattle Egret
  

 

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