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Jorbeer - 20
aloktewari

Jorbeer - 20 (Neophron percnopterus)

Jorbeer Conservation Reserve
has desert ecosystem ...

It is located in the
Thar Desert ... aka
the Great Indian Desert

Created as
a pasture land
for the horses belonging
to the army of
Maharaja Ganga Singh
... the ruler of the
Princely state of
Bikaner ... in 1924

... the reserve was
named 'Bhojanshala'
... that loosely
translates to
'Food-court' ...

(... to continue)

______________

Egyptian Vulture

Watch some of the
group members take off
one by one ...
... in the following
video clip ...

https://ebird.org/checklist/S104356887

21 February 2022
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Habitat
Desert, open Forest and bush
Location
Jorbeer Conservation Reserve, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
Date taken
21.02.2022
Scientific name
Neophron percnopterus
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KC Foggin
Supporter
A great group image of these Vultures Alok. That is quite a Reserve you have been visiting.
 
bievreJJ
don't think I ever saw so many Egyptian vultures together, Alok, a marvelous photo, top notch, many tfs!!
 
Kits
An amazing capture of this wonderful group, Alok.
 
jbpixels
We can see pics and videos from everywhere in the internet today. Amazing details and capture of these vultures in Rajasthan. (y)

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Category
Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
Added by
aloktewari
Date added
View count
891
Comment count
15

Image metadata

Device
NIKON COOLPIX P900
Aperture
ƒ/5
Focal length
89.2 mm
Exposure time
1/400 second(s)
ISO
100
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
DSCN9887.JPG
File size
1.8 MB
Date taken
Mon, 21 February 2022 4:19 PM
Dimensions
2074px x 1428px

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