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Lakescape-1K68 : Pied Avocet : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
One of my all time favorites ... And captured in the Lost wetlands area ... in dist. Gurgaon Where smallish but beautiful Sultanpur National Park is located ... ... less than 10 km from where this image was captured ... and in the middle of our frequent birding area ... Pied Avocet (...- aloktewari
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- gurugram haryana india migration pied avocet recurvirostra avosetta
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Acquiring ...
... his breeding finery before ... spring migration _____________________ Common Redshank Gurugram Haryana India- aloktewari
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- common redshank gurugram haryana india migration tringa totanus
- Comments: 8
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Looking ...
... distinguished with that cap ... ... and bright wattle ... ___________________ Yellow-wattled Lapwing Gurugram Haryana India- aloktewari
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- agrarian wilderness and scattered waterbodies gurugram haryana india lapwing yellow-wattled lapwing
- Comments: 8
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Enjoying ...
the breeze ... ... and swing at sunset ... two ... Streaked Weavers ... eclipse male ____________________ Gurugram Haryana India- aloktewari
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- gurugram haryana india ploceus manyar streaked weaver weaver
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Lakescape-1K67
Before the spring migration ... ____________________ Spotted Redshank Gurugram India- aloktewari
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- breeding plumage gurugram haryana india migration spotted redshank tringa erythropus
- Comments: 9
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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In transit ...
Red-headed Bunting ... males Gurugram Haryana India- aloktewari
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- emberiza bruniceps gurugram haryana india passage migrant red-headed bunting
- Comments: 11
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Great (Southern) Grey Shrike : Amazing Wildlife of India by ... Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
Hunting ... ... impaling and eating a prey Southern Grey Shrike ... A handsome large Shrike ... ... One that has seen lot of Taxonomic upheavals ... ... reportedly, breeds in our area ... ( south-eastern-most boundary of its breeding range possibly ...) This individual was sitting on a...- aloktewari
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- great grey shrike gurugram haryana india lanius excubitor subspecies lahtora video
- Comments: 8
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Raptor-226
A composite of two images ... taken minutes apart ... Both morphs were circling over the wetland ... ______________________ Sultanpur National park Gurugram : Haryana India 22 February 2024- aloktewari
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- booted eagle booted eagle (dark form) booted eagle (light morph) gurugram harayan hieraaetus pennatus india sultanpur national park
- Comments: 8
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Deepening ...
... of colors in spring ... _______________ Red-breasted Flycatcher Sultanpur National Park Gurugram Haryana India- aloktewari
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- ficedula parva gurugram haryana india red-breasted flycatcher sultanpur national park
- Comments: 9
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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A dash of ...
... red that makes it a Bushlark ... ___________________ Indian Bushlark Sultanpur Flats Gurugram Haryana India 22 February 2024- aloktewari
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- gurugram haryana india indian bushlark mirafra erythroptera sultanpur flats
- Comments: 14
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Colorful ...
... passage migrant through our area ... Red-headed Bunting (male) Gurugram Rural India _______________- aloktewari
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- emberiza bruniceps gurugram haryana india passage migrant red-headed bunting
- Comments: 10
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Lakescape-1K51 : Glossy Ibis foraging feeding & calling : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
A small group of these migratory beauties ... were foraging ... feeding and calling ... ... in an open section of the wetland ... and ... ... all this while displaying their glistening ... iridescent plumage ... _________________ Sultanpur National Park Gurugram Haryana India 22 February 2024- aloktewari
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- glossy ibis gurugram haryana india plegadis falcinellus sultanpur national park video
- Comments: 5
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Spring ...
... blossoms with ... young shoots ... ... and excitement calls ... and songs ... of lovely birds ... ____________________ Green Bee-eater Sultanpur National Park Gurugram Haryana India 22 February 2024- aloktewari
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- bee-eater green bee-eater gurugram harayan india merops orientalis sultanpur national park
- Comments: 11
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Raptor-224
Booted Eagle ... dark morph Sultanpur National Park Gurugram Haryana India 22 February 2024- aloktewari
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- booted eagle gurugram haryana hieraaetus pennatus india sultanpur national park
- Comments: 7
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Glowing ...
Like an ... ... ember on ... the forest floor ... _________________ Orange-headed Thrush Sultanpur National Park Gurugram Haryana India- aloktewari
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- geokichla citrina gurugram haryana india orange-headed thrush sultanpur national park zoothera citrina
- Comments: 13
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Black necked Stork inflight : globally threatened : Amazing Wild India by Renu Tewari & Alok Tewari
A Globally Threatened species ... and ... a very large Stork This female was seen recently ... soaring over the wetland at ... Sultanpur National Park Gurugram Haryana India 22 February 2024- aloktewari
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- black-necked stork ephippiorhynchus asiaticus gurugram haryana india sultanpur national park video
- Comments: 6
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Raptor-221
It is a privilege to watch this awesome winter visitor soar overhead ... ... and serendipity to get the complete ... top view of the plumage ... ... with those magnificent long fingers in full action ... _______________ White-tailed Eagle Sultanpur National Park India- aloktewari
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- eagle gurugram haliaeetus albucilla haryana india migration sultanpur national park white-tailed eagle
- Comments: 9
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Hairy ...
... caterpillars are their favorite food ... ... and his morning effort has been rewarded ... duly ... ____________________ Common Woodshrike Sultanpur National Park Gurugram Haryana India 22 February 2024- aloktewari
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- common woodshrike gurugram haryana india sultanpur national park tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Comments: 9
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Common Woodshrike : foraging and calling : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
Small passerine bird of lightly wooded areas ... ... fond in India and south Asia Three individuals were seen foraging and calling in the early spring morning ... _____________________ Common Wood shrike Sultanpur National Park ( A Ramsar Site ) Gurugram Haryana India 22 February 2924- aloktewari
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- common woodshrike gurugram haryana india sultanpur national park ( a ramsar site ) tephrodornis pondicerianus video
- Comments: 8
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Lakescape-1K44
Another ... ... one taken on Sun at the horizon moment ... ... keeping the memory of a fabulous lost wetland alive ... ______________________ Lost wetland of Basai Gurugram Haryana India- aloktewari
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- basai greater painted-snipe gurugram habitat loss haryana india lost wetland and eco-nichem rostratula benghalensis
- Comments: 10
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Spring ...
... has arrived Renu and I, had a wonderful daylong birding trip to Sultanpur National Park ... and adjoining flats and wetlands The visit was primarily intended to ... listen to the spring time changes in the calls ... ... introduction of songs in vocal repertoire of the resident...- aloktewari
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- gurugram haryana india open forest and adjoining agrarian wilderness ramsar site village budhera wetland
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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A perch ...
... that is a larder ... ... as well ___________ Red Avadavat ... eclipse male 2 February 2023- aloktewari
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- amandava amandava eclipse plumage gurugram haryana india red avadavat red munia
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Lakescape-1K20 : A little ...
... shaky alter-ego ... ___________________ Black-winged Stilt- aloktewari
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- black-winged stilt gurugram haryana himantopus himantopus india
- Comments: 14
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Raptor-209 : Western Marsh Harrier attacking Purple Heron : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari & Alok Tewari
Marsh Harriers ... ... usually do not attack a big Heron ... such as a Purple Heron ... But here, one of them is doing so ... Village Chandu Gurugram Haryana India 2 February 2023 ... 4.12 pm- aloktewari
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- ardea purpurea circus aeruginosus gurugram haryana india purple heron video village chandu western marsh harrier
- Comments: 7
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Raptor-208
Western Marsh Harrier Village Chandu Gurugram Haryana India 2 February 2023- aloktewari
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- circus aeruginosus gurugram haryana india village chandu western marsh harrier
- Comments: 12
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands