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Spring-Summer - 288 Occasionally ... the elements combine ... to make something memorable ... He turned just a little ... while feeding ... to unleash that lustre ... Watch that gloss in the following video-clips ... Links : 1...

A decade is not a long time ... yet Celebrations ... ... at Beginning of my 10th year at BF ... Of travel Into the realm Of beauty .. And A journey ... Of togetherness And sharing As well ... __________ Dancing Cranes of Keoladeo ... ... embodying the quintessential spirit of creation...

Spring-Summer - Having finished her family duties during winter ... ... she can take a well deserved break ... Watch the lovely-eyed beauty in a video-clip ... Link : https://www.hbw.com/ibc/video/black-necked-stork-ephippiorhynchus-asiaticus/black-necked-stork-female-resting-after...

Butterfly ... Thre are 573 species of Swallowtails in the World ... Of these 573 ... 101 species are found in Indian region ... Here's one of those beauties ... one that I've always struggled to get ... ... with my limited photographic firepower and acumen ... ... this was one of the...

Raptor - 62 A handsome juvie ... Flew very close overhead ... across the path we were walking along at Keoladeo NP ... and settled on a low bough in the crown of an acacia ... leaving a very small window to get an image ... ... I had to go flat on the belly to take this shot ... and I was...

Spring-Summer - 283 It is ... That time Of the year When ... Investing into ... Those little Sweet nothings ... Yield ... ... The best Returns And the cycle ... Goes on _______________ Watch the special performance in a video-clip ... _________________ White-eared Bulbul (...

There was snowfall in the upper reaches of Indian Himalayas yesterday ... ____________ Spring-Summer - 282 Though in display mode ... looking aggressive and colorful ... ... he's still some distance to go ... to attain complete breeding plumage ... the lores will become blue-purple ...

Spring-Summer - 281 Climbing on top of a high perch ... this guy ... literally got the last rays of the Sun ... ... giving him a lovely hue and the Sunset glow ... Video savvy may watch him in a video-clip ... Link ...

Spring-Summer - 280 Soon after the day-break ... on that pleasantly cool early spring morning ... ... just as we started to wind up the morning round ... a party of six of these Indian Grey Hornbills arrived ... searching for food ... hidden in the form of grubs ... insects and small...

Spring-Summer - 279 __________ Bright ... ... and Full of ... delight Spring ... ... Turns on And ... Turns it on ... _______________ Watch the lovely duo in a video-clip ... Link : http://birdforum.tv/members/action/viewvideo/10573/Yellow_footed_Green_Pigeon___pair/ __________...

Spring-Summer - 278 It was beginning of spring ... and ... see ... how good the wires had already grown ... on this fabulous Swallow ... ... not to mention the intensity of color ... and iridescence ... Watch him in a video-clip ... Link ...

Butterfly - 277 Great Eggfly The video-clip of this individual I am linking here shows an interesting piece of butterfly behavior ... ... after cleaning his proboscis he proceeds to open those long pouting lips ... in a manner reminiscent of yawning ... and does it twice ... turning his...

Raptor - 61 Impudence ... House Crows ... and Large-billed Crows were continuously harassing a grpoup of Egyptian Vultures Some groups of these Globally Threatened secies were sitting on leafless trees soon after daybreak ... Watch the action in a video-clip ... Link ...

Life : Truth ... __________________ Truth ... ... Needs No wall hanging Simply bare It is ... ... With All of us ... Yet It is aloof It was ... It is And ... It shall Forever remain Beyond ... ... Perimeter Of time _____________ Ruddy Shelduck ( Tadorna ferruginea ) Last pair...

At Keoladeo ... with birding friend Bhagat Singh ... March-2019 ________ Image taken by Renu

Raptor - 59 ... As we moved ahead after shooting the Booted ... ... another breathtaking sight awaited us ... Sunsets ... At Keoladeo Are mesmerizing ... Yet They are ... Bound by Shackles of Time ... A lone Eagle ... ... Watches The spectacular And ... beyond __________ Indian...

Raptor - 58 ... Another fabulous Raptor ... ... again at Sunset time ... on our way back to Shanti Kutir ( ... translating to 'cottage of peace' ... modern transformation of the erstwhile Royal Hunting Lodge ) ... this one on day two, though ... Watch the wonderful Aquila in a...

Raptor - 57 It was the end of a wonderful birding day ... well nearly so ... We were returning to Shanti Kutir ... the hunting lodge of the last Maharaja of Bharatpur ... who gifted it to the Forest Department ... .. and it now serves as the Forest Rest House ... Sun was at the...

Spring-Summer - 279 This was the last pair of these fabulous ducks ... ... left in Keoladeo ... and they decided to give me a studio-pose ... All others had left before I reached the NP ... Male has a dark ring in the neck ... Watch a closeup in the following video-clip ... Link ...

Life : A Portal _______________ Only ... Black ...and ... White No ... Shades of grey And ... then There is Immensity ... of ... Blue Bathed in Pure gold ... A portal ... To reach Your open arms My Beloved _____________ Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus ) Near...

Spring-Summer - There was a mass exodus of waterfowl ... Their numbers reduced significantly from day one to two during our stay at Keoladeo ... Greylags ... R-c and Common Pochards had already left ... while seen here are predominantly Northern Shovers ... ... Gadwalls and Northern...

Raptor - Indian Spotted Eagle ... a globally Threatened species ... ... separted from Lesser Spotted Eagle is still a less studied and documented Raptor ... They are fairly regular at Keoladeo ... where they often present ID issues with GSE ... Steppe and occasionally ... Tawny Eagle...

Spring-Summer - 278 ... Here's another image of sparring Anhingas ... when they made a body contact ... Before coming to blows ... each time ... there was a stylized show-down ... ... almost choreographed ... both moving in unison their bodies sumerged ... ... necks held erect above...

Colors of the Season ... ... Happy Holi to all ... _____________ When I see them in this plumage ... .. words simply fail me ... leaving me in a trance ... ... no exchage merely ... a flow of primeval ... over-riding quietude ... ______________ India is celebrating festival of color...

Spring-Summer - 275 ... If romance is the seasoning ... territorial disputes are ... the spice of the spring ... ... as is evident from this image of Oriental Darters sabering it out ... Our local help ... Bhagat Singh had an interesting anecdote to narrate ... when we shot this image...