An resident barbet endemic in India, often heard rather than seen. They have a very loud call heard above everything else in the forests.

This one was shot in a forest overlooking a temple on the edge of a hill. There were maybe 5-6 of these around and the calls filled up the air. Maybe the loudest one is the winner, so this one was checking it out. It surveyed the area briefly and then started to call. The perches were fantastic that day and since the summer has started, the light was excellent too giving lovely photographic opportunities.

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A small and shy resident goose of the Indian subcontinent, found throughout the year in freshwater lakes and ponds. They are social birds and always seen in groups of 4 to 6 or more.

The birds are visibly smaller than the other ducks such as Whistling teals and the Spot Billed Ducks found in our region. I love to shoot them in flight, but they fly fast and are quite wary of humans.

Shot them near a lake full of Jacana's and Coots. These goose stayed for a while and then flew away far from human activity..

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Kleiner Feuerfalter (Lycaena Phaeas)

Lycaena phlaeas, the small copper, American copper, or common copper, is a butterfly of the Lycaenids or gossamer-winged butterfly family. According to Guppy and Shepard (2001), its specific name phlaeas is said to be derived either from the Greek phlego, "to burn up" or from the Latin floreo, "to flourish".

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The biggest Kingfisher found in South India and probably the 2nd biggest in the country. A resident bird of the subcontinent and found in a variety of forest / thick woody areas adjacent to lakes, small rivers and possibly coastal areas.

This was a resident in the area we visited and there are maybe 2-3 of them in that area. We sighted only one of them which already started its hunt for the day. The bird feeds on fish, frogs, crabs, rodents and even small young birds. It didn't spend much time and within a few minutes left for the other side of the forest.

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A small little swallow that is mostly flying around. The birds are just out of their breeding season and hence there are good numbers now. They tend to congregate together and we saw several making slow flight over the fields seemingly enjoying the breeze.

The birds grab insects while flying - something we noticed happening in front of us too. But couldn't get a shot of since the breeze picked up shortly thereafter.

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Thank you all, my dear friends for all your support, feedback, faves and friendships throughout 2022, it really does mean a lot.

I haven’t been on line for a while, depression came back to bite me in the bum over winter, the cold weather usually does affect my mental health. This year, even more so, we discovered the new house has quite a bad issue with damp, and some of the interior walls become wet when it’s raining, which has caused mould to grow. We left the previous house due to damp and having a landlord who wouldn’t deal with the situation. Now, the damp here is much worse, and again we have a letting agent who don’t seem to be in a hurry to resolve it. Antonio is allergic to damp and mould also, luckily it doesn’t seem to be in his bedroom which is a blessing, but it’s not great. We’ve had builders round to survey the house and now awaiting for them to come and do the repairs that are causing the walls to get wet, but their hands are tied until the letting agent gives the go ahead. 😳

Apologies for not responding to all my recent notifications, I just haven’t felt up to online interaction. Trying to keep optimistic and hoping that the horrid weather will soon get better as it’s also much too freezing cold for me to go out shooting, which is always something that helps my mental health. Roll on summer. Lots of love and best wishes for 2023.

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The tiny Ant greeting the enormous Moth.

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Nils Holgersson's wonderful journey

Selma Lagerlöf

The novel was originally written as a reading book in Swedish geography and was included in the series Reading Books for Sweden's childhood schools. It's about Nils Holgersson, a boy who enchanted into a leprechaun because he was lazy and angry with the animals and who traveled across Sweden through a tame goose. Although it was thought to be a book of reading in Swedish geography, the book has been translated into many languages. The book was the Swedish children's book that, until Astrid Lindgren's great success, Pippi Longstocking was translated into most languages, over 60.

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A common reed warbler found pretty close to water's edge - usually among the reeds and hence the name. They are usually found within 1-10 feet of the water foraging in the bushes for insects and spider. The call is quite clamorous and hence the name - the call is also quite unique and easy to identify.

The presence of this is generally seen as a good sign since other birds would generally be found around such water bodies. If the water is too polluted or has too much human, or feral dog related activity, then we don't usually see these birds. These days they are quite active as the bushes have grown a lot thanks to the rains over the last 3 months. The calls are everywhere and in this winter, they are accompanied by several other birds like the Blyth's Reed Warbler and Booted Warbler.

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It's almost impossible to go to the lake district and not get roped into photographing one of its many jetties, and around Derwent Water, there are eight of them, where people can flag down one of the ferries and get onboard for a trip around the lake.

Ashness Jetty is easy to get to, just park in the car park and cross over the road to the lakeside. We stopped off here twice last week, once on Monday morning and again on Wednesday morning. This is a shot from Wednesday when the sky was really moody and stormy, and although the wind had died down there was still enough to produce a bit of movement in the clouds.

I did 40 second exposure to accentuate that movement and also to flatten out the choppy water on the lake for a more artistic effect.

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The Osprey is a migratory raptor from Central Asia that dot large lakes and the coasts in the country during winters. They are often seen competing with the local birds like the crows, Brahminy Kites and Black Kites for prey like the fish. They are often found near shallow lakes and water bodies with high perches. The birds hunt once-twice and then rest most of the day maddeningly for us. Often it is a long wait to see it in action. Interestingly, some don't go back and we speculate that they maybe too old to make that journey.

This was shot in an estuary we visited early last year. The area was teeming with waders - 1000's of them. We were there during high tide and hence it was difficult to shoot many birds. The Osprey was resting on a small wooden log in the middle of the water and flew away as we approached it.

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The White-browed Shrike-babbler (Pteruthius flaviscapis) is a small bird found in the Himalayas and parts of Southeast Asia - its a beautiful bird and a target of mine for a long time - never managed to see it before till my trip few weeks ago.

Around 12-13 cm in length with a distinctive plumage and a bold white eyebrow stripe, dark crown and ear coverts, and a bright yellow or yellowish-green wing patch, the male is easy bird to identify since there are few birds like this. These birds are primarily found in montane forests, often in dense undergrowth. I sighted several in a pine forest foraging in the dark canopy and waited more than 90 mins for them to come to a spot where I can take some pictures - luckily they did and I am delighted!

These birds are active foragers, gleaning insects and other invertebrates from foliage and branches. The calls are typically high-pitched and thin, often described as a series of whistles or trills.

Shrike-babbler's are a different species altogether - neither shrikes nor babblers. Their name comes from their shrike-like bill and babbler-like behavior.

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Rincón, Puerto Rico. Fortunately, I decided to take my camera when I went for a walk this day. This tody was calling from the roadside. Normally, I see these birds in darker, wooded locations. Thanks for visiting and any comments or feedback.

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A large Stork sized bird usually found during the sowing season. The farmers dig up the soil with tractors and that brings out several ground based insects and snails. These snail hunters come in good numbers around that time. They were resting in one of the fields and flew away when a tractor passed by.

These birds are common to Indian and parts of South East Asia. They are large birds, around 60-70 cms and often found in groups. But sometimes we can see a lone one among egrets taking advantage of freshly tilled fields.

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A common woodpecker often sighted in and around thick woody area, forests or areas with lots of canopy. They are often seen in pair. The males have a red crown. We watched her peck a large tree and scrape some bark - maybe there was an insect / grub there.

We heard this Woodpecker first - the gentle tapping - just like the brown capped woodpecker. The tapping is done for many reasons such as making hollows for nests, but mostly to identify weak parts / gaps in the branch / stem which will probably have insects in them.

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A colorful bird that is common throughout the country and is the state bird for many South Indian States. These are found all the way to the Middle East and are easily identified by their unique colors. The are about 30-35 cms tall and often sighted perched on power lines, fence posts and sometimes on grass bales in the countryside.

The birds hunt insects like beetles, grasshoppers and dragonflies. Sometimes they are seen on the ground in the grass picking up insects. They are not social birds and sightings are of solitary birds or at best two of them. During our last weekend trip to a grassland, sighted one of them foraging in the grassland. It flew to various trees sometimes coming to the ground and catching insects.

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Also known as a Sand Martin, this is a very rare visitor to our Southern state though more common in North India where they winter after migrating from the Pale Arctic region. They have a wide spread across much of Europe, Asia and even North America.

The birds are pretty small - maybe 12-14 cms and have a slow erratic flight path. They tend to catch the insects in flight making them pretty hard to shoot in flight. Two birds came to a city lake, I was lucky to have spotted them close. I sat on the ground trying to shoot some birds and this one came close by giving this wonderful opportunity. The birds are solo fliers unlike other swallows like the Barn Swallow or Streak Throated Swallow which fly in small groups. The Bank swallow joined others species, but it was flying alone with no other members of its species around.

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A resident bird in the subcontinent found throughout the year in grasslands and open countryside with brown grass. The bird prefers red soil / sandy areas and camouflages itself so well that its tough to sight many times. Often we see it taking off suddenly right from underneath our feet - and its a very fast flier.

These are insectivores and the size of a rock pigeon always found in flocks of 5-6 and more - sometimes 30-40 as well. Sightings are always prized by birds and photographers.

On this day, we found more than 5 families including several chicks and couple of nests / eggs in the grasslands. They hid openly in grass near a pile of brown rocks. The birds will just sit down in the brown grass and will blend so well with their naturally camouflaged pattern. Add to that, these birds are very challenging to shoot in flight due to their high speed.

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So as I expected, working with shelter dogs to set up a flash and having a dog stay in a good position relative to the flash is a challenge. In the time it takes to get one or two good shots using the flash, I can bang off a number of dogs without the flash and using a fast lens.

What do you think? Is it worth the effort with flash as compared to not using flash?

Good, honest feedback much appreciated!!

One of the many Plovers that are found on the coasts of India and are highly confusing to id. This was a lifer for me that morning.

Shot on a sandbank where there were 100's of the endangered Skimmers - -this was flying around and I managed to grab 1-2 shots from a difficult prone position.The area had a huge population of Lesser and Greater Sand Plovers - I am not 100% sure of the exact differences between them except for the size - this is the bigger of the two visibly.

This is a small bird - 20-25 cms and found across the costs of South Asia, Australia, South East Asia where it winters after migrating from Central Asia and parts of Siberia. The birds hunt marine worms, crustaceans, insects using a run and pause technique unlike the steady probing technique shown by other waders. There were 100's of these in the banks along with several other plovers and being small, were hard to get a decent shot from close.

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What would fall be without a trip to the state fair? A big thanks to all of the wonderful folks who count me as a contact, visit my photostream, comment and fave, but with whom I am unable to reciprocate (1,200 is way too many for me to manage!). I appreciate your visits and feedback more than you know.

Also known as the Eurasian Marsh Harrier, these are large birds of prey that are predominantly found near wetlands or border marshlands. i.e. the areas around the river or lake banks where there are some kind of water birds.

These are migratory raptors from Europe and Central Asia that winter in India. The bird harries wades and other water birds and then pounces on the tired prey. On this day, I sighted 3 of them that were harassing some sandpipers, Redshanks and Snipes on the banks. The bird also hunts small birds, reptiles like lizards, frogs and small mammals like voles and rats.

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A small passerine bird in the finch family found in the desert / arid kind of regions in Northern Western parts of India all the way to North Africa and spain. This is a beautiful bird and so well camoflaged that it is so hard to sight in its natural habitat - it took us a day and half to sight them the 2nd time after we chanced upon them the first time.

The birds are social birds and seen in flocks - they forage in the rocky desert terrain on the slopes of the mounds. Due to their color, they disappear into the terrain and impossible to sight unless they fly.

The bird is named after their call which is like that of a trumpet. I loved their call and it was delightful to hear them. The 2nd time we got lucky when they approached a waterhole and we saw 100's of them.

Thanks for your views, faves and feedback - I appreciate that very much.

I am a big fan of flight shots and can never get enough of them. This is one very common bird around our area. On this day, there were several looking for grains in the fields and I managed to grab a few shots in the open before they flew away.

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I know Barn Owls screech and it's the Tawny owl that Twit twoo's but it was the only title I could think of LOL

I put up a Barn Owl nesting box in a big Oak tree not 100 yards behind my house. Last year I had success and Mum and Dad fledged three young. These are two young Barn owls (you can tell by the last bit of fluff on the tummy, not taken from behind my house, but not to far away at all.

I went across the field last night and saw a Barn Owl on the front of my box, the first of this year !!!!!!

I very rarely put the 2x extender on the 600mm, but I was super impressed with the quality...... Note to self, do it more often !!

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On Thursday I took a wander up to Corndon Tor on Dartmoor. This was the first time I'd visited this tor and the area looked gorgeous covered in Heather and Gorse.

About 50 yards or so up from the road sits Cave-Penney Cross. It's a memorial to Evelyn Anthony Cave-Penney, who was shot dead by an enemy sniper whilst leading his troops in Palestine on June 8th 1918.

Cave-Penney was a lieutenant in Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides who can be argued were one of the most famous regiments of the Indian Army. He was only 19 when he was killed.

There is an inscription on the other side of the memorial that reads...

"TO THE GLORY OF GOD

AND TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF

EVELYN ANTHONY CAVE PENNEY

LIEUT. Q.V.O. CORPS OF GUIDES

FELL IN PALESTINE WHILST

GALLANTLY COMMANDING HIS MEN

JUNE 8TH 1918 AGED 19

LOOK UP AND LIFT UP YOUR HEADS"

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Another one from the archives! Lots of time to review the buried shots!

Flying / Harrying low over the ground looking for prey. The background is the green patch of grass making for a colorful frame.

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Dawn near Lichfield, Staffordshire.

The beauty of Fuji Velvia is that you could get some really nice and vibrant colours from sunrises and sunsets. Getting the exposure right in such conditions was tricky though and, without the immediate feedback of digital, I'd have taken at least half-a-dozen shots (and probably more) bracketed at 1/3 stop intervals.

A full-frame scan, this image is as close as I can get to the slide.

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Fuji Velvia

28th February 1996

Taken from my living room window this morning at 8:28 AM.

Explored on January 23, 2023. Highest position: 309 on Tuesday, January 24, 2023

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