shikra

Aka Little Banded Goshawk .. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.

Shikra or Little Banded Goshawk (Accipiter badius) has caught an Indian desert Jird or Indian desert Gerbil (Meriones hurrianae) at Sunset. The Shikra is a small raptor (26–30 cm long) and like most other Accipiter hawks, this species has short rounded wings and a narrow and somewhat long...

From Archives. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened.

we watched this guy gliding through the forest, only to land on a well-lit branch. Doesnt often happen....

Shikras under Mt. Kanchenjunga range, Naku, Sikkim.

Raptor - 78 It, always feels good to spot a juvie Each one of them being a success story of Nature ... of hard working ... and doting parents ... ... wonderful to watch them evolve into a handsome youngster ... ... go out into the wild world ... claim their territory ... carve their...

Balcony Biodiversity ... A regular at our water-bowl ... ... just as intellectuals and literati were in certain coffee and tea houses in Delhi ... in 1960s and much of 1970s ... more for the joy of it ... ... than anything else ... But the lady here ... male ... and juvie love...

tidying some old shots on a rainy day; lucky with the lighting on this raptor

Shikra

Balcony Biodiversity ... Here's another image of Juvenile escapee ... after she shifted to a branch of the Alstonia tree covering the balcony ... ... it clearly shows how hopelessly her legs are tied together ... __________ Shikra Juvie - female ( Accipiter badius ) Delhi India...

All this happened at our Balcony Water-bowl ... ... yesterday We were thrilled to the core ... on sighting this dashing Juvenile Shikra ... at our Balcony water-bowl ... ... but that turned into extreme dismay on finding both her legs were tied together with obnoxious strap made of...

The Gambia November 2016 with guide Ebou Barry

Birds normally tuck one foot close to their bellies to keep warm on a chilly day.

It's presence in my backyard would be aware with loud alarm calls from squirrels, babblers and other birds..

In flight