I know this is much after the fact, but I emailed the picture to a gentleman
I found on line who specializes in Indian birds. Copied below is the reply
I got (I was on vacation all last week).
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Looks like an Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia) to me although I
don't have a fix on the size.
Cheers!
sumit
"Suresh R.S." <rs_suresh_in@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] ID this bird please?
http://users2.ev1.net/~wesiddiquis/siddiq/bird.jpg
shot in rice paddy in india. more where that came from, but trying to
figure out what it is. kingfisher? crane? don't think heron (the one joel
posted was black)
thanks.
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