qT=2&tQ=This egret spends little time near the water.&tC=American egret|Dust-dry egret|Woodland egret|Cattle egret&cC=4&fB=The Cattle egret tends to associate with cattle and other grazing animals. The egrets can eat 50 percent more food and use 33 percent less energy by "hanging out" with cattle.<br><br>Quite comfortable perching on the backs of cows, they happily eat the insects that their bovine friends kick up from the ground.