Small insects hide in field grass and water hyacinth. When a cow grazes, they fly out, and egrets follow the cattle to catch them. Prothom Alo photographer Saddam Hossain captured this partnership in a quiet rural field.
The egrets seem to wake with the dawn and take up their places at a pond beside the field. In one picture a cow already has an egret beside it, so another bird flies off in search of a different cow.
In the pond a cow happily eats water hyacinth while egrets pick off the insects it disturbs. Hyacinth holds plenty of insects, so several egrets gather there together.
Green grass, a cow and an egret standing close in the hope of insects: two animals moving together in search of food make a fine partnership of nature in the village fields.
Photos: Saddam Hossain, Prothom Alo
Photo: Anoopkn / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Source: Prothom Alo
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