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Talchhapar - 26
Liked that beautifully painted face ... ... highlighted in that glowing pre-sunset light ... __________ Ruff Talchhapar Blackbuck Sanctuary Churu Rajasthan India 24 February 2022- aloktewari
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- churu india migration philomachus pugnax rajasthan ruff
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Talchhapar - 25 : Indian Bushlark : singing : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
Watch this lovely little Indian crooner ... ... giving a brief performance ... ... up ... close and personal ... Indian Bush Lark Talchhapar Blackbuck Sanctuary Churu Rajasthan India 24 February 2022- aloktewari
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- bush lark churu india indian bush lark mirafra erythroptera rajasthan saltpan talchhapar blackbuck sanctuary video
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Talchhapar - 24
This lovely Bush Lark is seen in Indian sub-continent ... ... he gave us a wonderful private concert ... ... up ... close and personal I will share it in a follow up post ... __________________ Indian Bush Lark Talchhapar Blackbuck Sanctuary Churu Rajasthan India 24 February 2022- aloktewari
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- bush lark churu india indian bush lark mirafra erythroptera rajasthan song talchhapar blackbuck sanctuary
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Talchhapar - 23 : Pied Avocet : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
Feeding in a salt pan located in the Thar Desert ... Watch this beautiful ... ... migratory large waders ... __________ Talchhapar Blackbuck Sanctuary 24 February 2022- aloktewari
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- churu india migration pied avocet rajasthan recurvirostra avosetta talchhapar blackbuck sanctuary video
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Talchhapar - 22
Uncropped joy ... Life - Embracing Awareness ______________ Light ... A shower ... Of gold From heavens ... Bird ... A darling On earth Blessed moment Of ... A slowly embracing Awareness of ... You ... And ... In that twilight Shall ... we meet ... My beloved __________ Pied Avocet...- aloktewari
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- churu india migration pied avocet rajasthan recurvirostra avosetta salt pan talchhapar blackbuck sanctuary
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Talchhapar - 19
The star of Talchhapar ... Long-eared Owl Considered to be among the five least commonly sighted species of birds in India ... A migratory winter visitor species but ... reported to have bred in India ... We were lucky to capture one at Talchhapar ... ______________ Asio otus...- aloktewari
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- asio otus churu india long-eared owl migration owl rajasthan talchhapar blackbuck sanctuary
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Talchhapar - 18
These lovely migratory beauties come to India in thousands ... ... large flocks of them collect in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan ... It's a great spectacle to see them flying overhead and calling ... ________- Demoiselle Crane Talchhapar Churu Rajasthan India 24 February 2022- aloktewari
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- anthropides virgo churu crane demoiselle crane flock india migration rajasthan talchhapar
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Talchhapar - 17 : Amazing Wildlife of India by Alok Tewari and Renu Tewari : Variable Wheatear male opistholeuca morph
We were very lucky to have spotted ... and captured all three subspecies ... ... during our visit to Jorbeer and Talchhapar ... Two I've already shared ... Here's the male of the third subspecies ... O. p.opistholeuca _________ Talchhapar Blackbuck Sanctuary 24 February 2022- aloktewari
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- black-bellied morph churu india migration oenanthe picata rajasthan talchhapar blackbuck sanctuary variable wheatear video
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Talchhapar - 16
We were very lucky to have spotted ... and captured all three subspecies ... ... during our visit to Jorbeer and Talchhapar ... Two I've already shared ... Here's the male of the third subspecies ... O. p. opistholeuca _________ Talchhapar Blackbuck Sanctuary 24 February 2022- aloktewari
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- churu india oenanthe picata rajasthan talchhapar blackbuck sanctuary variable wheatar wheatear
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Talchhapar - 15 : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari Demoiselle Crane group flying and calling
A group of these fabulous migratory Cranes comprising of nearly 200 individuals is seen here ... ... circling overhead and calling ... They start collecting and moving in large numbers for their spring migration ... during February/ March Recording presented at normal speed to...- aloktewari
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- anthropoides virgo chhapar churu crane demoiselle crane india migration rajasthan video
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Talchhapar - 14
They were in pre-migration mode and were collecting in large numbers ... Passed overhead ... calling loudly _____________ 24 February 2922- aloktewari
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- anthropoides virgo churu crane demoiselle crane india migration rajasthan talchhapar blackbuck sanctuary
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Talchhapar - 12
Special appearance ... Amazing birds these ... they soak their breast feathers in water ... and fly for tens of kilometers into dry desert ... to their nests ... where their flightless chicks are waiting for a drink of life ... ... while carrying water thus ... they become heavy and have...- aloktewari
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- chestnut-bellied sandgrouse churu india poaching pterocles exustus rajasthan talchhapar blackbuck sanctuary
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Talchhapar - 11
A hallowed moment at Talchhapar Blackbuck sanctuary Renu ... ... shooting through panoramic sunroof ... ... with Sun smiling overhead ... ... a hallowed moment ... descended and froze ... ________________- aloktewari
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- chestnut-bellied sandgrouse churu grassland india indian spotted creeper rajasthan sunset talchhapar blackbuck sanctuary
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Talchhapar - 10 : Amazing wildlife of India by ... Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari : Common Woodshrike adult- searching insect
Watch ... in this video ... how keenly ... and diligently ... this denizen of the lightly wooded country ... scans the surroundings for spiders ... and insects ... ... their main food _________ Common Woodshrike Talchhapar Blackbuck Sanctuary 24 February 2022- aloktewari
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- churu common woodshrike india rajasthan resident shrike talchhapar blackbuck sanctuary tephrodornis pondicerianus video woodshrike
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Talchhapar - 9
This image has ... a bird that looks like a Shrike ... ... and there is plenty of wood ... The combo makes it a Woodshrike ... ... to that common has been added ... ... for want of better imagination on part of powers that be ... _________ Common Woodshrike Talchhapar Blackbuck...- aloktewari
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- churu common woodshrike india rajasthan resident talchhapar blackbuck sanctuary tephrodornis pondicerianus woodshrike
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Talchhapar - 8
On a tree trunk this Creeper ... behaves more ... like a Nuthatch ... than like a Treeceeper See ... how widely the legs are positioned ... and the tail is lifted clear off the trunk ... ... though included in the family of Treecreepers ... it lacks the stiff tail feathers that support...- aloktewari
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- churu creeper inda indian spotted creeper rajasthan salpornis spilonota talchhapar blackbuck sanctuary
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Talchhapar - 7 : Amazing Wildlife of India by ... Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
A pair is seen here engaged in courtship and calling constantly An uncommonly sighted resident species, very patchily distributed in India ...- aloktewari
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- churu creeper india indian spotted creeper rajasthan salpornis spilonota talchhapar talchhapar blackbuck sanctuary video
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Talchhapar - 6
Same waterhole ... ... another set of beneficiaries ... ... arriving by air in multiple small groups ... moving toward the pool very warily ... having their fill and quickly taking off again ... ... calling all the while ... Watch them and listen to them in the clip linked here ...- aloktewari
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- chestnut-bellied sandgrouse churu india pterocles exustus rajasthan sandgrouse talchhapar blackbuck sanctuary
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Talchhapar - 4
Small flocks of these lovely sandgrouse kept flying in to the water hole ... calling all the while doing so ... occasionally cicling overhead before descending ... The action may be watched at the following links : https://youtu.be/qPQNQtykYms https://ebird.org/checklist/S104530983...- aloktewari
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- chestnut-bellied sandgrouse churu india pterocles exustus rajasthan talchhapar blackbuck sanctuary
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Talchhapar - 3
Another behavioral study sequence of images of this unique and lovely Creeper ... Here it is seen extracting a tiny insect from a gap in the deeply fissured bark of the tree ... ... tossing ... holding ... aligning and swallowing it ... seen clearly in these sequential images ... Its...- aloktewari
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- churu india indian spotted creeper rajasthan resident salpornis spilonota talchhapar blackbuck sanctuary
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Talchhapar - 2
A relatively infrequent species at the Forum here ... ... and one fairly difficult to spot and shoot ... A tree hopping Indian Spotted Creeper Even mega-data gobbler eBird did not have a video on this cryptically plumaged beauty ... (... resembling somewhat, to a Wryneck's) So ... I...- aloktewari
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- churu creeper india indian spotted creeper rajasthan salpornis spilonota spotted creeper talchhapar blackbuck sanctuary
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Talchhapar - 1
They are cryptically plumaged ... amazingly beautiful ... and real fast fliers ... Their color and plumage provides them excellent camouflage ... Watch a group of males and females flying ... calling and coming to a watering point to drink ... Video link https://youtu.be/qPQNQtykYms...- aloktewari
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- chestnut-bellied sandgrouse chestnut-bellied sandgrouse (pterocles exustus) churu india pterocles exustus rajasthan sandgrouse talchhapar blackbuck sanctuary
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Indian Eagle Owl
large 'Horned' Owl Species, common in hilly terrain. previously known as Rock Eagle Owl- ariban
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- bubo bubo bengalensis churu eagle owl india indian eagle owl rajasthan tal chappar
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Black. Francolin - male
- ariban
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- black francolin churu francolinus francolinus francolinus india rajasthan tal chappar
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Common Kestrel
- ariban
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- churu falcon india kestrel rajasthan tal chappar
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