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Cornucopia ...
aloktewari

Cornucopia ... (Amandava amandava)

Cornucopia ...

Another species
of seed eaters ...

the reed was swinging
back and forth
side to side
... in gusty wind
and the gang too ...
... with it ...
gorging on ripe
seeds as well ...
a inexhaustible
cornucopia of Nature ...

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Red Avadavat

Gurgaon
Haryana
India
13 January 2015
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Habitat
Reed clumps along a canal
Location
Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Date taken
13.01.2015
Scientific name
Amandava amandava
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delia todd
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LOL it can be a bit of a nightmare trying to photograph a bird on a swaying reed, can't it. Actually worse when I digiscoped!!!

That's a marvellous image Alok - many thanks for showing it to us my friend.
 

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

Device
NIKON COOLPIX P510
Aperture
ƒ/5.9
Focal length
180.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1000 second(s)
ISO
280
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
DSCN2180 (2).JPG
File size
1.4 MB
Date taken
Tue, 13 January 2015 4:41 PM
Dimensions
1809px x 1659px

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