Intermediate or Median or Yellow-billed Egret

Mesophoyx intermedia

As our boat waded near her this Median Egret tensed into an alert pose, ready to make a getaway if we got too close.

Photographed at: Chilika Lake, Odisha on 2019-12-27

Album: Odisha - 2019

Family: Ardeidae

Name in Kannada: ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಬೆಳ್ಳಕ್ಕಿ