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Lakescape - 358
aloktewari

Lakescape - 358 (Sarkidiornis melanotos)

Hallelujah

Life : A Great Day

_______________

A great day
Dawns ...
... And
Stays so

Time ...
... Unfragmented
Outside
A simpleton
Exercise

Blessed moment
... Hiding

Deep within
Quantified
Echelons ...

... Though
Not for
The chosen
... Walking
With You
My friend

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Keoladeo Bharatpur Jamboree - 8

Comb Duck or
... Knob-billed Duck
( Sarkidiornis melanotos )

Keoladeo National Park
Bharatpur ; Rajasthan
India
15.12.2014
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Habitat
Mixed Wetland and Forest
Location
Keoladeo National Park ; Bharatpur ; Rajasthan : India
Date taken
15.12.2014
Scientific name
Sarkidiornis melanotos
Doc Duck
Supporter
What brilliant wings he has! ("The better to attract mates with, my dear")
I wondered if the knob was a resonance chamber to magnify a call, but I looked up the duck on the web and found that it's "silent but for a low croak when flushed", so I guess the knob too is for mating show ...?
 

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