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  1. Lakescape - 640

    Lakescape - 640

    Lakescape - 640 And here's the lady ... who was being wooed by some males in the vicinity ... ... one of them I showed here yesterday ... As winter was easing into the spring ... their interaction was becoming more intense ... ___________________ Little Grebe ... female Tachybaptus...
    • aloktewari
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    • bharatpur grebe india keoladeo national park little grebe tachybaptus ruficollis rajasthan resident
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  2. Lakescape - 639

    Lakescape - 639

    Lakescape - 639 Little grebes are widespread residents ... but generally slippery characters ... not easy to photograph ... ... though occasionally ... they do give a chance to take a closeup shot ... This is a male in transitioning plumage ... _________ Keoladeo National Park...
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    • bharatpur grebe india keoladeo national park little grebe:tachybaptus ruficollis rajasthan resident
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  3. Lakescape - 638

    Lakescape - 638

    A skulker ... ... obliged and ... in good light as well ... ________ Greater Coucal Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 18 February 2020
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    • bharatpur coucal greater coucal centropus sinensis india keoladeo national park rajasthan
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  4. Life - Feeling ...

    Life - Feeling ...

    Life - Feeling _____________ A bird ... Uncaged After a long Confinement Bright And Dark side Of the Moon Deep within The feeling ... Stays I know ... You are smiling ... ... Sitting On your throne Behind ... All this conundrum My Beloved ___________ Great Egret Ardea alba Keoladeo...
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    • bharatpur egret india keoladeo national park rajasthan
    • Comments: 19
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  5. Goodbye 2020

    Goodbye 2020

    GOODBYE 2020 __________________ Oh ... !!! What a year It was ... Just as It is About to Disappear Like These ducks ... Into corridors ... Of history There were Reasons And There were Seasons When things Were not What They should Have been For you And me Nay !! For all ... I'll...
    • aloktewari
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    • ducks india migration new_year
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  6. Raptor - 102

    Raptor - 102

    Raptor - 102 To catch ... ... a patch of sun ... is serendipity for some Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis Gohana Haryana India 12 Janury 2017
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    • fish_owl haryana india irrigation_canal ketupa zeylonensis owl
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  7. G

    ID please, Some sort of buzzard in goa

    please help me out by identifying this species. I don't know which one it is because apparently no buzzards are found in the area where the picture was taken.
  8. Himalayas - 558

    Himalayas - 558

    Himalayas - 558 Inquisitive ... ... vocal and combative ... these colorful beauties are a treat to watch ... He did well ... to come and inquire ... and give us this closeup shot ... ________ Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata Dist Nnainital Uttarakhand Himalayas India 21 November 2019
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    • alt. 5500 heterophasia capistrata india nainital rufous sibia sattal sibia uttarakhand_himalayas
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  9. Fall-Winter - 59

    Fall-Winter - 59

    Fall-Winter - This lissome beauty breeds in Himalayas ... ( subspecies M. c. melanope ) ... and comes to the plains durng winter ... This was captured in Himalayas in November ... when they start their migration ... ___________ Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Sattal Forest...
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    • alt. 5500 himalayas india migration motacilla cinerea grey wagtail uttarakhand wagtail
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  10. House Sparrow

    House Sparrow

    Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened.
    • drjpmenon
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    • coimbatore drjpmenon house sparrow india passer domesticus
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  11. Lakescape - 637

    Lakescape - 637

    Lakescape - 637 The dawn light ... emanating from the eastern horizon ... bounced off the surface of water ... ... and this long billed beauty ... performed very well to combine ... and give that lovely lghting effect ... ... elements striving to give me a good full framer ...
    • aloktewari
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    • black-tailed godwit godwit india limosa limosa mathura stray-waterbody uttar_pradesh
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  12. Fall-Winter - 58

    Fall-Winter - 58

    Bejeweled ... Friendly greetings ... from a rare visitor ... As he displays his asset ... the lovely Ruby in his throat ... Here's ... Siberian Rubythroat ... male Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur December 2015
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    • bhartapur calliope calliope india keoladeo_national_park rajasthan rubythroat siberian rubythroat.
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  13. Dawn ... got brighter ...

    Dawn ... got brighter ...

    Merry Christmas ... ... in their eyes and that perch Blue-eyed beauties strike a pose ... ... soon after day-break ... ... on a sunny but freezing cold winter morning __________ Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur India December 2018
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    • bharatpur india keoladeo national park treron phoenicoptera wetland yellow-footed green pigeon
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  14. The Dawn ... after

    The Dawn ... after

    The dawn after ... _____________ The dawn ... cometh ... So still And bright ... After The silent night ... The Holy Night All was calm ... All was bright Making it ... ... Such a Memorable sight __________ Pied Avocet Dist. Mathura Uttar Pradesh India
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    • india mathura migration pied_avocet recurvirostra avosetta wetland
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  15. Parakeet

    Parakeet

    Rose-ringed Parakeet. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened.
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    • coimbatore drjpmenon india psittacula krameri rose-ringed parakeet
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  16. Merry Christmas ...

    Merry Christmas ...

    Rufous-bellied Niltava ... kowtows to the Son of God ... ... and sends Seasons Greetings to all ...
    • aloktewari
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    • alt. 5500 himalayas india nainital niltava sattal
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  17. Fall-Winter - 57

    Fall-Winter - 57

    Fall-Winter - 57 A group of Ferruginous ducks ... ... winter visitors to Indian wetlands ... Eurasian Coot ... and Common Moorhen provide good size comparison in field conditions ... _________ Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 17 February 2020
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    • aythya nyroca bharatpur fulica atra gallinula chloropus india keoladeo national park wetland
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  18. 5C2_0702.JPG - Pheasant Tail Jacana

    5C2_0702.JPG - Pheasant Tail Jacana

    landing.
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    • hydrophasianus chirurgus india pheasant-tailed jacana
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  19. 5C_72_04.JPG

    5C_72_04.JPG

    Hoopoe
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    • eurasian hoopoe india upupa epops
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  20. Paddyfield Pipit

    Paddyfield Pipit

    • Shantilal Varu
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    • anthus rufulus gujarat india paddyfield pipit
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  21. Tawny Pipit

    Tawny Pipit

    • Shantilal Varu
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    • anthus campestris gujarat india tawny pipit
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  22. Himalayas - 557

    Himalayas - 557

    Himalayas - 557 It was a Himalayan evening ... She ... was strolling coolly ... along the forest floor ... when she reached a patch of Sun ... kissing the floor ... ... turned And smiled ... ever so gently Spotted Dove 12 October 2018
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    • altitude_5500_feet himalayas india sattal spotted dove streptopelia chinensis uttarakhand
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  23. Eurasian Wigeons

    Eurasian Wigeons

    They arrive in small flocks along with other Migratory Birds every year starting from October .
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    • anas penelope eurasian wigeon india uttar pradesh
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  24. K

    Hello everyone. I am Kaajal Dasgupta.

    Good to be back here in it's new format. I am an active Birdwatcher based at Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh)/ India. It is winter season here and the time to watch the Migratory Birds in different habitats. Will be happy to watch what's happening in UK and of course other countries .
  25. Sparrow

    Sparrow

    House Sparrow - Male. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened.
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    • coimbatore drjpmenon house sparrow india passer domesticus
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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