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red-tailed hawk - intermediate morph adult
west of kalispell, MT
I have always been fascinated by the morph variations of RTHs, and this year have been treated to light, intermediate and dark morphs frequenting our area.
The Frye's summer art studio class Intermediate Drawing, taught by artist Bruce Edwards.
Photo: Jill Hardy
I have seen birds on a wire. I have seen birds on the wing. This is the first time I have seen an Intermediate egret sitting on a hot tin roof . . .
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The Intermediate Egret, Median Egret,[2] 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.
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