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  1. Roseate Spoonbill

    Roseate Spoonbill

    Roseate Spoonbill moving to another spot in the marsh
    • Krossed
    • Media item
    • merritt island national wildlife refuge minwr platalea ajaja roseate spoonbill roseate spoonbill wetlands
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  2. Incoming Roseate Spoonbill

    Incoming Roseate Spoonbill

    Central Florida Roseate Spoonbills winter in Central Florida, and they are arriving, slowly but surely.
    • Krossed
    • Media item
    • bif bird in flight florida marsh roseate spoonbill wetlands
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  3. Juvies ...

    Juvies ...

    Immature ... ... Indian Rollers ... exploring post monsoon wetland bonanza at Keoladeo ... _____________________ Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 4 September 2012
    • aloktewari
    • Media item
    • bharatpur coracias benghalensis india indian roller keoladeo national park rajasthan roller wetlands
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  4. Lakescape-873

    Lakescape-873

    GCG ... ... conducting Keoladeo Philharmonic Orchestra ... An infrequent visitor to the NP ... __________________ 13 January 2013
    • aloktewari
    • Media item
    • bharatpur great crested grebe india keoladeo national park podiceps cristatus rajasthan wetlands winter visitor
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  5. Raptor-171

    Raptor-171

    Booted Eagle ... dark morph on ... a clear winter day ... _______________ Sultanpur National Park Gurugram Haryana India 2 February 2023
    • aloktewari
    • Media item
    • booted eagle haryana hieraaetus pennatus india migration raptor sultanpur national park wetlands world wetlands day 2 february
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  6. Lakescape-870

    Lakescape-870

    We were waiting for the red-headed buntings ... on the edge of the water body when ... ... this guy dropped in for a full frame portrait ... _________________ Wood Sandpiper Agrarian Wilderness Gurugram Haryana India 12 April 2021
    • aloktewari
    • Media item
    • agrarian wilderness gurgaon gurugram haryana india migration sandpiper tringa glaeola waterbody wetlands wood sandpiper
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  7. Spoobills in flight

    Spoobills in flight

    Taking their cutlery with them ... Dhighal Jhajjar Haryana India
    • aloktewari
    • Media item
    • dighal eurasian spoonbill haryana india jhajjar platalea leucorodia wetlands
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  8. Raptor-165 : Long-legged Buzzard : soaring : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Raptor-165 : Long-legged Buzzard : soaring : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    1.1K views, 36 likes, 7 loves, 15 comments, 24 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Alok Tewari: Long-legged Buzzard ... ... soaring and flying With a 5 feet 4 inch wing-span ... these are one of the largest among Buzzards ... And they do look magnificent circling overhead ... like an eagle...
    • aloktewari
    • Media item
    • agrarian wilderness buteo rufinus buzzard gurgaon-haryana border india long-legged buzzard marshes raptor wetlands
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  9. Lakescape-863

    Lakescape-863

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana ... immature Only species of Jacana that migrate long distance ... ... and have distinct breeding and non-breeding plumages ... _____________ Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 13 January 2023
    • aloktewari
    • Media item
    • bharatpur hydrophasianus chirurgus india jacana keoladeo national park lakescape pheasant-tailed jacana immature rajasthan wetlands
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  10. Raptor-161

    Raptor-161

    A Nordic ... ... in tropical setting ... ____________ White-tailed Eagle
    • aloktewari
    • Media item
    • eagle gurugram india migration raptor sultanpur national park wetlands white-tailed eagle / haliaeetus albicilla world wetlands day 2 february
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  11. Lakescape-850

    Lakescape-850

    An uncommon winter visitor to the inland waterbodies in India ... Lesser Black-backed Gull ... captured on the World Wetlands Day 2 February 2023 Sultanpur National Park Gurugram India
    • aloktewari
    • Media item
    • gurugram haryana india larus fuscus larus gull lesser black-backed gull migration sultanpur national park wetlands world wetlands day 2 february
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  12. Lakescape-848

    Lakescape-848

    With their integrated searchlight on the forehead ... they are easy to spot in the sprawling wetland ... Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope World Wetlands Day Sultanpur National Park Gurugram : Haryana India 2 February 2023
    • aloktewari
    • Media item
    • duck eurasian wigeon gurugram haryana india mareca penelope migration sultanpur national park wetlands world wetlands day
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  13. Lakescape-824

    Lakescape-824

    A Great Egret ... loosing its breeding plumage ... ... with an immature Painted Stork ... yet to acquire its paint ... _____________ Nazafgarh Wetlands and marshes Delhi-Haryana Border India 26 July 2022
    • aloktewari
    • Media item
    • ardea alba delhi-haryana border great egret india mycteria leucocephala nazafgarh wetlands and marshes painted stork wetlands
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  14. Lakescape - 752

    Lakescape - 752

    Another display ... of flying apparatus of ... these fabulous underwater hunters ... __________ Intermediate Cormorant Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur India
    • aloktewari
    • Media item
    • bharatpur cormorant india intermediate cormorant keoladeo national park phalacrocorax fuscicollis rajasthan wetlands
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  15. Lakescape - 732

    Lakescape - 732

    Lakescape - 732 Another scene at the happening wet space ... Great one has already extracted his reward ... ... the pair of Ibises are desperately trying for theirs ... _________ Nazafgarh Wetlands Delhi-Haryana Border India 26 July 2022
    • aloktewari
    • Media item
    • agrarian wilderness ardea alba black-necked ibis delhi haryana border great egret threskiornis melanocephalus wetlands
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  16. Lakescape - 718 : Amazing Wildlife of India : Watercock habitat and call : by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Lakescape - 718 : Amazing Wildlife of India : Watercock habitat and call : by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    1.7K views, 44 likes, 4 loves, 16 comments, 30 shares, Facebook Watch Videos Watch closeup recording and listen to the call of this amazing ... shy and elusive bird ... Mainly seen during summer-monsoon months here ... This video clip was done at : Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India
    • aloktewari
    • Media item
    • bharatpur call gallicrex cinerea india keoladeo national park rajasthan video watercock wetlands
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  17. Lakescape - 717

    Lakescape - 717

    Lakescape - 717 Sun was at the zenith ... and they posed to delight ... ... in prfect noon light _________ Greater Flamingo Nazafgarh Wetlands and Marshes Delhi-Haryana Border
    • aloktewari
    • Media item
    • delhi haryana border flamingo greater flamingo india nazafgarh wetlands and marshes phoenicopterus roseus wetlands
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  18. Bird observation blind (2)

    Bird observation blind (2)

    Here's the view from inside the blind. Perfect view of the hunting areas (it's well away from the nests).
    • Barbie Heid
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    • bird observation bird observation blind bird observation stand bird watching birds of connectciut connecticut connecticut shoreline observing birds osprey salt flats salt marshes shorebirds shorebirds of connectciut waterfowl wetlands
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Equipment And Accessories
  19. American alligator

    American alligator

    Big fella resting up on the shallow reed bed, opening wide for a rare look straight down his throat.
    • Zackiedawg
    • Media item
    • alligator florida gator wetlands
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Reptiles
  20. Sunset on the Branford River

    Sunset on the Branford River

    I love this little inlet for it's vast amount of wildlife, but it also hosts some amazing sunsets. I never see the same thing twice there.
    • Barbie Heid
    • Media item
    • boating branford river colorful sunsets connecticut connecticut shoreline marsh nature rivers in connecticut sunsets wetlands
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Landscapes
  21. Black capped night heron

    Black capped night heron

    I was blown away to come across this guy, as I'd never seen one before. But what I did not expect is to see him scratch like a dog!
    • Barbie Heid
    • Media item
    • birds of north america black capped night heron black-crowned night heron heron marsh north american birds nycticorax nycticorax shore birds video wetlands
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  22. Laterallus melanophaius

    Laterallus melanophaius

    • Guillermo (gmmv80)
    • Media item
    • bioma pampa laterallus melanophaius rufous-sided crake uruguay wetlands
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  23. Peregrine Egret attack

    Peregrine Egret attack

    I was looking at the snow covered mountains through my 500mm lens when a Peregrine appeared right in the middle of the viewfinder far, far away. I followed it as it accelerated closer and realised a poor Great Egret was casually cruising over the water. It seemed the falcon had the egret in its...
    • stoop
    • Media item
    • birds in flight falcon falcon peregrinus flight great egret hunter hunting japan peregrine falcon stoop wetlands
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  24. Whitethroat (I think)

    Whitethroat (I think)

    I think this is a Whitethroat. Please correct me if I am wrong. Captured whilst on a morning jaunt to the WWT Washington site this morning. Beautiful weather and lovely birdsong to accompany it.
    • himandher7781
    • Media item
    • grassland scrub wetlands whitethroat wwt washington
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  25. Sandhill Crane

    Sandhill Crane

    4 Sandhills were feeding in the fields, then took off suddenly , I was able to grab this shot. :)
    • jrcummins84
    • Media item
    • flight grus casnadensis illinois sandhil crane wetlands
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
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