Yellow ... in green
Wonderful winter
visitors ...
As many as six
subspecies come
to India ...
This one is subspecies
'feldegg'
____________
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava
Jamnagar
Costal Gujarat
India
19 January 2016
Lakescape - 654
A closer view
of that large
group of these
lovely shore birds
...
Moments before they
flew away en masse
__________
Crab Plover
Dromas ardeola
Balachhadi
Jamnagar
Coastal Gujarat
India
20 January 2016
Shoring up ...
... on
sea shore
At least
... as many
on each side
So many
... and more
_____________
Crab Plover
Dromas ardeola
Balachhadi
Jamnagar
Coastal Gujarat
India
20 January 2016
Lakescape - 647 ...
Another handsome
Heron ...
both ... a winter
visitor and
breeder in India
Mostly confined
to the coastal
area ...
___________
Western Reef Heron
Egretta gularis
Jamnagar
Coastal Gujarat
India
19 January 2016
Lakescape - 626
A standout
performance ...
Terek Sandpiper
... stands out
among a group of
Lesser Sand Plovers
with his exceptional
bill ...
Only member of the
genus Xenus ... Greek
for a stranger ...
Both these species
may stray to Alaska
as vagrants ...
_______________
Charadrius...
After a Decade ...
A specie ... that
I never added here
(... or anywhere )
... but has been
available in the
archive ... for last
ten years ...
A pair of ...
Rufous-tailed Lark
... captured in the
lovely ambiance of
Velavadar National Park
... place where last
Indian Asiatic Cheetah
was...
Fall Winter -
World's largest
Tern ...
has cosmopolitan
presence ... with
scattered populations
We see them during
winter ...
Upto 60 cm in
length ... and a
wing span nearly
reaching 5 feet ...
____________
Caspian Tern
Hudroprogne caspia
Coastal Gujarat
India
20.12.2017
Life : Waiting
___________
You come ...
Knocketh at my
Door ...
... And
I keep you
... Waiting
Knowing ...
Yet ...
Knowing not
You tell me
... You will wait
You are the
Patience ...
... Stillness
Into that
All ... shall move
I ... too will
Meet You
With open arms
Beyond ... the...
Fall-winter- 23
Devoid of their
summer pomp ...
... these biggies
still pack a lot
of punch ...
___________
Great Crested Grebe
Coastal Wetlands
Gujarat
India
19 December 2017
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