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  1. Lakescape - 663

    Lakescape - 663

    Lakescape - 663 Quintessential ... ... Keoladeo Bharatpur Species seen are ... Bar-headed Goose Knob-billed Duck Ruddy Shelduck Sarus Crane 16 December 2014
  2. Eye of a King ...

    Eye of a King ...

    Not often easy to get pupil of these dark-eyed pied beauties ... ... only a precise angle of light can bring it out through the black stripe ... Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 7 February 2020
  3. Post holocaust ...

    Post holocaust ...

    Post-holocaust ... The stark ... post nuclear holocaust ... ... setting in this image ... ... and the last one standing ____________ Great Egret Ardea alba Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 17 February 2020
  4. Not ready ...

    Not ready ...

    Can't you see ... ... I'm not ready yet ... He seems to be expressing ... ... but I didn't wish to let the opputunity slip away ... _______________ Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 23 December 2013
  5. Do I know you ...

    Do I know you ...

    Ganges Softshell Turtle ... Globally Threatened Species A head study ... Nilssonia gangetica Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 18 February 2020
  6. Posing ...

    Posing ...

    Posing ... This Redstart male retaining his lovely plumage even at peak winter ... ... and was in obliging mood as well ... with a friendly expression in his eyes ... _________________ Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 23 January 2014
  7. Life - Mystery ...

    Life - Mystery ...

    Life - Mystery _______________ More ... A dream ... ... Than Reality ... And ... Mysteriously Dream ... Merges with ... Reality When you are ... With me My Beloved _______________ Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 18 February 2020
  8. Glimpse ...

    Glimpse ...

    Glimpse ... Fabulous species of mid-sized Shrike ... ... love these colorful ... rather camera shy beauties ... _________ Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 23 December 2013
  9. Color ...

    Color ...

    Color ... Certain things ... shall remain Above the mundane ... Even in downright ... ... down light _______________ Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 7 April 2015
  10. Patience ...

    Patience ...

    Patience ... A virtue As they say ... Is rewarded ... More often Than not ... ... And In ... More ways ... Than one __________________ White-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 22 January 2014
  11. Spring-Summer - 348

    Spring-Summer - 348

    Spring-Summer - 348 Come season ... ... and Give me the Light ... Of your thought Then ... ... True glory Shall be revealed To ... one And all _________ Black Drongo ... on a pedestal Watch him in action in a video-clip uploaded today ... Link : https://ebird.org/checklist/S65388237...
  12. White-throated Kingfisher

    White-throated Kingfisher

    Adult White-throated Kingfisher (previously called Smyrna Kingfisher) taken at Keoladeo N.P. (Bharatpur Bird Reserve).
  13. Common Kingfisher

    Common Kingfisher

    Taken at Keoladeo National Park (formerly known as Bharatpur Bird Reserve), Rajasthan, India.
  14. Spring-Summer - 296

    Spring-Summer - 296

    Spring-Summer - 296 First Summer individual ... ... yet to loose those feathers on the head and neck ... ... extent of loss is nearly equal for males and females ... unlike in humans ... IUCN : Near Threatened ______________ Black-headed Ibis ( Threskiornis leucocephalos ) Keoladeo...
  15. Season's Greetings

    Season's Greetings

    From Bharatpur ... en route Delhi ... _____________ Wishing Merry Christmas to all ... Sunset on Christmas Eve ... as the Holy Son Rises ... ________________________ Thus ... The Sun ... went down at Keoladeo National Park ... ...Bharatpur India ... A messenger flies in ...
  16. Spring-Summer - 194

    Spring-Summer - 194

    Spring-Summer - 193 ... Another pair ... Woodpeckers are specialized ... ... stylish ... and amazingly good looking birds ... Here's one of them ... that is seen both from my bedroom balcony ... ... as well as in forests This pair was captured at Bharatpur ... one of the prime...
  17. Raptor - 11 ...

    Raptor - 11 ...

    Raptor - 11 ... Here's full frame close-up shot of this magnificent Eagle ... The raised crown and nape feathers and big intense eyes make him look formidable ... Watch him in extreme closeup in a video-clip ... Link...
  18. Raptor - 9 ...

    Raptor - 9 ...

    Raptor - 9 ... handsome Eagle ... an ex Aquila ... ... that well formed head ... powerful shoulders and neck ... make it a mid-sized power-pack ... ... captured on an overcast ... murky winter evening ... exists in two distinct morphs ... ... light and dark ... This being the...
  19. Raptor - 8 ...

    Raptor - 8 ...

    Raptor - 8 ... Another image of this wonderful Raptor ... ... though classified only a medium sized Eagle ... the guy has enough gumption ... daring ... power ... and skill to take a prey upto five time its own weight ... ... something akin to a 300 kg male Tiger taking on a 1500 kg...
  20. Raptor - 7 ...

    Raptor - 7 ...

    Raptor - 7 ... Missed posting and commenting yesterday ... ... but, it turned out to be a wonderful biring day out yesterday ... ... four hours of driving ... and good ten hours of birding ... ... with half an hour lunch break ... sitting inside the vehicle ... parked on the edge of...
  21. Raptor - 6 ...

    Raptor - 6 ...

    Raptor - 6 ... This is the dorsal view and a closeup of eye and head ... ... and that trademark ultra-white shoulder patch ... in adult ... Quite obviously ... ... His Majesty does not like our being so close to him ... ... that was more accidental than by design ... ... and he has made...
  22. Raptor - 5 ...

    Raptor - 5 ...

    Raptor - 5 ... An adult Eastern Imperial Eagle today ... ... sitting far away but giving a good ventral view ... ... strong streaking seen in immature has completely vanished ... Watch him in a video-clip ... Link : http://birdforum.tv/members/action/viewvideo/8969/Eastern_Imperial_Eagle/...
  23. Raptor - 4 ...

    Raptor - 4 ...

    Raptor - 4 ... Another assemblage of some more inflight images of the Imperial highness ... ... surveying his semi-aquatic ... winter-estate below ... full of game and ... ... after doing a long round alighted on a faraway throne ... proud and head held high ... ... satisfied with all...
  24. Raptor - 3 ...

    Raptor - 3 ...

    Raptor - 3 ... It was particularly pleasing to get the top view of this high soaring ... majestic Raptor ... shooting from ground level ... At 7 ft plus wingspread ... and 3 feet size he is truly a biggie ... Watch this globally Threatened species soar in a video-clip ... Link ...
  25. Raptor - 2 ...

    Raptor - 2 ...

    Raptor - 2 ... Here's another juvie that was located at Keoladeo ... Eastern Imperial Eagle ... immature - 2 ... at a different level of maturity from the one I posted yesterday ... It was hopelessly far away ... and but for the reach of P-900 ... I wouldn't have got anything...
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