A lifer in Spring ...
I have to interrupt
the Raptor series ...
... to share this
wonderful encounter that
happened on our
last birding day out
two days ago ...
Here is a lovely little
winter visitor to
our area ...
The Spotted Crake
A lifer for us ...
... and first in the
database here from
India ...
along with a video-clip
that is first
on BFtv ... from
anywhere ...
And imagine ... we did it
in the surviving patch of
the lost wetland area ...
more than 90 p.c. of
that has already been
drained ... and the rest
will cease to exist by
the next season ...
... See it in the video
Link :
http://www.birdforum.tv/members/action/viewvideo/7724/Spotted_Crake/?vpkey=4e63cb9af9
In this clip one can see
the Crake fighting with
Common Snipe and
Yellow wagtail for feeding
space ...
Even the image here
shows him shouting at
them ... taken close to
Sunset time ...
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Porzana porzana
Lost Wetlands
Gurgaon
Haryana
India
28.03.2016
