jungle myna

Shot this jungle myna savouring pollen on a very dull cloudy morning.

An unusual perch for these jungle mynas.

Jungle Mynas feasting on lantana pods

Members of the starling family with the evening sunshine !!

This pair here is similar to the Common Myna but is greyer and blacker in color with a tuft black feathers on forecrown. Belongs to the mahrattensis race.

The Jungle Myna yawning moment.

First the right leg ... then the wings are pulled back ,,, finally the left leg ..... s-t-r-r-r-e-e-t-c-h! A 3 shot sequence of this bird doing a stretch exercise.

Back to Kerala, many of these Myna were nesting in and around the hotl in Munnar, India. Even in the roof of my Balcony.

Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus mahrattensis . Taken in Coorg,Karnataka,India.

lol-fun time is here-love this.As usual for fun not to win.

Well Guys and Girls that 's what my patients look like after seeing me.(ah)

Slightly smaller then the common Myna,greyish brown with dark head and short crest over bill;wing patch,tail tip,abdomen and under tail-coverts white.Eye yellow without bare surrounding skin,bill yellowish,with blue base to lower mandible(hard to see).size-23cm.

A very common bird... from Eastern India.. Near Bangladesh border