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Intermediate Egret at Warriewood Wetlands
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This was at Seikai, an ancient, gorgeous, traditional ryokan just down the street from my apartment. It took me nearly 2 years to realize this place was a ryokan--and the TAISHO EMPEROR* had stayed here 30 years earlier, when touring Shikoku! DUDE.
(back-front, left-right...)
Terumi (whose house I stayed at for 3 days), Katsue, Yaemi, Kazumi / me, Shizuko (whose house I stayed at my final night there), Mr. Kimura (Shouzou?)
* Taisho = Emperor before the current one. The time up until that Emperor's death in 1989 was the Taisho Era. Everything since then has been the Heisei Era, for the Heisei Emperor, who's the son of the Taisho Emperor.
The Intermediate Egret, Median Egret, or Yellow-billed Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia) is a medium-sized heron. It is a resident breeder from east Africa across tropical southern Asia to Australia. It often nests in colonies with other herons, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs. Two to five eggs are laid, the clutch size varying with region. This species, as its scientific name implies, is intermediate in size between the Great Egret and smaller white egrets like the Little Egret and Cattle Egret, though nearer to Little than Great. It is about 90 cm tall with all-white plumage, generally dark legs and a thickish yellow bill. Breeding birds may have a reddish or black bill, greenish yellow gape skin, loose filamentous plumes on their breast and back, and dull yellow or pink on their upper legs (regional variations). The sexes are similar.
Some taxonomists put this species in the genus Egretta or Ardea.
The Intermediate Egret stalks its prey methodically in shallow coastal or fresh water, including flooded fields. It eats fish, frogs, crustaceans and insects.
~Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary~
All photographs taken with a Canon 400D with a Sigma 70-300 lens from a boat.
Minor editing on the iPad and uploaded via Flickstackr for the iPad and iPhone.
Winners it the intermediate division of the Premier Exhibitor contest at the Youth Sheep Show during the Alabama National Fair in Montgomery Oct. 13 were Madelyn Alldredge of Blount County, first place; Nicole Williamson of Cleburne County, second; Riley Van Pelt of Cleburne County, third; Leeanna Burkhalter of Fayette County, fourth; and Harley Weathers of Cleburne County, fifth. The intermediate division is for youth ages 13 to 15. The Youth Sheep Show judge was Terry Burks with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Alabama Farmers Federation and Alfa Insurance sponsored all youth livestock shows at the fair.
Reserve Champion Intermediate Showman at the 2017 Alabama Junior Beef Expo was Jewel Thompson of Opelika in Lee County. She is pictured with Alabama Farmers Federation President Jimmy Parnell. The Junior Beef Expo was held March 17 in Montgomery as part of the Southeastern Livestock Expo. The Showmanship Contest is sponsored by the Alabama Farmers Agriculture Foundation.
Mason Intermediate state fire poster contest winners Luna Brenner and Gracie Bagadiong are presented with their awards from State Fire Marshall Fire Safety educator, Jennifer Snyder. Provided photo
This isn't everybody, but these have been the regulars this year so far.
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- Katsue (met my family on the train to Ikeda from Tokushima--not very high-level, but a sweetheart)
- new Yamaguchi-san (new enough that I don't remember her first name--oops! Beginners student who braved our class due to the beginning class being full and has been a bit nervous about the level difference; big Star Wars fan, who started bringing a SW notebook to class in a silent show of support after the other ladies admitted to not enjoying the film when I tried showing it)
- Shizuko (grandmother of one of my junior high kids; not the greatest at English, but incredibly warm and kind and full of life, always feeding me tea and sweets if I come by, and always giving me fresh veggies)
- me
- Terumi (really warm and wonderful, and has two grown daughters and has recently become a grandmother; this is her house we're at)
- Masumi (has a really warm smile; she co-owns a local kimono store with her husband, who's a beginners student)
Intermediate Egret
Ardea intermedia
Please enjoy it large
This was taken near Mavathur Lake near Kanakapura, Bangalore.
Intermediate Showmanship winners in the Youth Sheep Show during the Alabama National Fair in Montgomery Oct. 13 were Madelyn Alldredge of Blount County, first place; Nicole Williamson of Cleburne County, second; Riley Van Pelt of Cleburne County, third; Leeanna Burkhalter of Fayette County, fourth; and Etta Hudson of Cullman County, fifth. The intermediate division is for youth ages 13 to 15. The Youth Sheep Show judge was Terry Burks with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Alabama Farmers Federation and Alfa Insurance sponsored all youth livestock shows at the fair.