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Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia) in Yala National Park, near Hambantota, Sri Lanka. Just caught lunch.
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Scot Skevington of Lodi, California, picks up his second-place AQHA Intermediate Award in the 2-year-old geldings class.
Calochortus weedii var. intermedius in Mission Viejo, Orange County, CA
CNPS list 1B.2 (rare, threatened or endangered in CA and elsewhere)
Better showing the breeding plumage - a spectacular veil of long plumes on breast and back.
Compare with what I believe is the same bird, 10 weeks earlier.
l to r: Kevin Elizondo, Andrew Slatkin (First), John DeGenarro (Third), Ron Chadwick (Second), and Layne Lisser. The Pitts on the trophies is Kevin's S-1. Photo courtesy of John "Rio" DeGenarro.