Other Names: Cattle heron, buff-backed heron
Length: 19-21 inches
Wingspan: 36-38 inches
Weight: about 12 oz. Age: N/A
Voice: Some croaking notes in nesting season; usually quiet
Flight speed: N/A
Food: follows cattle and eats insects frightened from grass as cattle walk and graze; grasshoppers, crickets, frogs, spiders, toads; differs from other herons by feeding on insects and vertebrates in fields and pastures away from water