13 May 2016
Willo
is rather fond of his new paddock chum. She is to be seen in close proximity
for most of the daylight hours. He did, however, ask Hildegard to look up the
nesting habits of the Cattle Egret in her bird identification App, being a
little suspicious that his new mate may be eyeing him off as a handy location
for above-ground dwelling. He was less than flattered with the information that
the Cattle Egret is often to be found (perhaps unsurprisingly) with cattle. He also
found little comfort in the entry on nesting habits which recorded “shallow platform nests in trees and shrubs”.
With Willo’s past history of trying to camouflage himself as a tree, for the
purposes of avoiding work, he is concerned that he will be mistaken for a
perfect nesting site.
