Monday, March 8, 2010

And I Thought That It Is From Our Extinct Birds !!

Despite how horrible the pictures are , it is good to see the egret again alive and eating even if it is from the garbage !! Egyptian Egret

The egret in Egypt is called “The farmer’s friend” because it eats the warms and insects from the cultivated land , making it easier to the farmers to protects their crops. It seems that the egrets are back again, there are plenty of insects and warms in the garbage and we got lots and lots of garbage

If you live near the Giza Zoo , you would have seen large gathering of white egrets in its trees in its west side if I am not mistaken in the past , now there are no egrets like in the old good days.

The Egyptian egret is from endangered bird species in the country , it faces the extinction danger not because of hunting but because of the pesticides and fertilizers the ministry of agriculture adopted in the past 28 years, ironically some of these pesticides and fertilizers turned not only danger on egrets but also on humans.

Egyptian Egrets feed on insects

May be there is a little hope in this country after all !!

Photo sources : AP

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