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Lakescape - 630
Lakescape - 630

An outstanding
male ... he will
raise the brood
all alone ...
... as
the female
takes another mate
soon after
laying ...

Here ... he holds
on well ... tall
and proud ...

A truly ...
... stand out
performance

___________

Greater painted Snipe
... male
Rostratula benghalensis

Keoladeo National Park
Bharatpur
India
22 June 2017
Habitat
Mixed Wetland and forest
Location
Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
Date taken
22.06.2017
Scientific name
Rostratula benghalensis
wow!! fantastic, Alok, a bird I never managed to see, superb photo with awesome details and colours, congratulations, many tfs!!
 
Lovely shot of a stunning snipe Alok. Normally they are quite far away. Great that you could take such a close up.
 
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Such attractive snipes these I think Alok.

That's a superb picture you've taken of this one my friend. Many thanks lad.
 

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Category
Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
Added by
aloktewari
Date added
View count
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Comment count
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Image metadata

Device
NIKON COOLPIX P900
Aperture
ƒ/6.5
Focal length
571.2 mm
Exposure time
1/400 second(s)
ISO
400
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
DSCN6946.JPG
File size
1.2 MB
Date taken
Thu, 22 June 2017 4:41 PM
Dimensions
1660px x 1245px

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