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Seen being cleaned by a barberfish and female Mexican hogfish—can't seem to find a record of this fish anywhere in Baja! It's not in the books for the area, fishbase or otherwise, nor are there any observations on iNaturalist of this fish in Mexico! Weird!!

Some of the camel thorns that once lived in 'Deadvlei' or 'Dooie Vlei', a white clay pan located near Sossusvlei, and surrounded by some of the largest sand dunes of the Namib Desert.
Long ago, the clay pan formed after rainfall, when the Tsauchab river flooded, creating temporary shallow pools which allowed the camel thorn trees to thrive.
Then the climate changed; the area became much drier, and sand dunes encroached on the pan, which blocked the river from the area. The camel thorns died; but they still stand there till today, as eyewitnesses to a once more fertile past.

Same individual. Duval County. This observation is for the white morph.

SEEN WITH:
Photo 18: Dark morph Reddish Egret on right; Snowy Egret on left (white morph Reddish Egret in center).

Photo 19: Dark morph Reddish Egret on right; White morph Reddish Egret on left.

Photo 20: White morph Reddish Egret on right; Snowy Egret on left.

For the Species Look-Alikes iNat project, see photos 18 and 20 to compare this white morph Reddish Egret to a Snowy Egret.