Sandesh Kadur
Critically Endangered Greater Adjutant Storks at a landfill near the city of Guwahati, India
Critically Endangered Greater Adjutant Storks at a landfill near the city of Guwahati, India
2009_02_04
Greater Adjutant Storks - Leptoptilos dubius
Not scheduled for any publication
Copyright - Sandesh Kadur/www.felis.in
Not associated with NGS in anyway
Post-Processing - RAW color corrections - contrast, colour etc.
Critically Endangered Greater Adjutant Storks Leptoptilos dubius patiently await their turn at a landfill near the city of Guwahati, India.
I had always heard how relatively common the Greater Adjutant Stork - a critically endangered bird was at the garbage dump near Guwahati and I wondered how a bird so commensal with man and dependent on human garbage could be so endangered. Upon visiting the landfill I saw how patiently they awaited their turn at the garbage table - every time a fresh truckload of garbage entered the landfill people rushed to it first, and once they were done with their pickings the storks moved in filling their gullets with rotten meat. I still wonder how this species living so calmly in an urban environment could be so endangered.
Critically Endangered Greater Adjutant Storks at a landfill near the city of Guwahati, India
Critically Endangered Greater Adjutant Storks at a landfill near the city of Guwahati, India
2009_02_04
Greater Adjutant Storks - Leptoptilos dubius
Not scheduled for any publication
Copyright - Sandesh Kadur/www.felis.in
Not associated with NGS in anyway
Post-Processing - RAW color corrections - contrast, colour etc.
Critically Endangered Greater Adjutant Storks Leptoptilos dubius patiently await their turn at a landfill near the city of Guwahati, India.
I had always heard how relatively common the Greater Adjutant Stork - a critically endangered bird was at the garbage dump near Guwahati and I wondered how a bird so commensal with man and dependent on human garbage could be so endangered. Upon visiting the landfill I saw how patiently they awaited their turn at the garbage table - every time a fresh truckload of garbage entered the landfill people rushed to it first, and once they were done with their pickings the storks moved in filling their gullets with rotten meat. I still wonder how this species living so calmly in an urban environment could be so endangered.