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Lakescape-878
aloktewari

Lakescape-878 (Porphyrio poliocephalus)

Enjoying the
morning meal ...
... on a partially
overcast winter
day ...

They have a wonderful
method to isolate the
fresh and succulent
part of a grass shoot
... clean it and the
eat it, biting off small
pieces ... while holding
the stem in its toes
like a Parrot ...

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Grey-headed Swamphen

Keoladeo National Park
India.
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Habitat
Mixed Wetland and forest
Location
Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.
Date taken
12.01.2023
Scientific name
Porphyrio poliocephalus
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Reactions: thunor, Э́ллин, Scridifer and 2 others
bievreJJ
marvelous portrait of this purple beauty, Alok, awesome colours and details, top notch, many tfs!!
 
jbpixels
Great info and capture of this swamphen. Delhi is 3.30 hours ahead. Have a good night.

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Kits
Such a handsome swamp hen and a great portrait, Alok.
 
KC Foggin
Supporter
So much blue and they call it a Grey-headed Swamphen ; A great close up Alok!
 
Dabs
Most conspicuous with that bright beautiful plumage against that habitat setting, Alok.

Gem shot!
 

Media information

Category
Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
Added by
aloktewari
Date added
View count
313
Comment count
8

Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION COOLPIX P950
Aperture
ƒ/5.6
Focal length
196.0 mm
Exposure time
1/500 second(s)
ISO
400
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
DSCN6434.JPG
File size
1.3 MB
Date taken
Thu, 12 January 2023 11:47 AM
Dimensions
1800px x 1350px

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