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The last part of my Hallstatt - Series, and my personal favorite of all. Hope you like it to and so I look forward to your very appreciated feedback and favs.

Hallstatt is a market town in the district of Gmunden, in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Situated on Hallstätter See, it is part of the Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape, one of the World Heritage Sites in Austria.

Hallstatt ist eine Marktgemeinde mit 774 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Jänner 2017) im Salzkammergut im Bundesland Oberösterreich in Österreich und liegt am Hallstätter See. Zusammen mit dem Dachstein und dem Inneren Salzkammergut gehört es zur UNESCO-Welterbestätte Hallstatt-Dachstein/Salzkammergut.

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Brown Shrikes are migratory birds and sighted in winters across the country. I suppose they migrate from Northern Asia / China. They are not common as compared to their other cousins, the Long Tailed Shrike and the Bay Backed Shrike which are seen lot more. This year, we have seen several Brown Shrikes during the summer too much to my surprise.

This kind of surveying from a tall perch is a typical behavior demonstrated by Shrikes. This bird family prefers to perch on dry branches around 2-3 meters high and survey the nearby area, often within 10 meters for any insects or small larvae etc... Once it identifies the prey, it quickly dives, catches and gets back to the perch. On this occasion, this juvenile was excited, fluttered its wings several times, but think it lost sight, so it didn't make the jump.

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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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Due to the unseasonal rains this year for the past few months, the wetlands had developed a large area of reeds - almost 3-4 times bigger than what it was last year. That meant a lot more bitterns and Swamphens.

While I was walking on the road next to a large reed bed, looking for Yellow Bitterns, sighted 4-5 Cinnamon bitters nesting there. This bird flew right to nearby reeds and landed there briefly giving me this lovely shot and flew away to a far away larger reed area. Named after the rich cinnamon color of the body, this is a resident bird in India, but migratory for short distances within the country though. They are also found outside of India.

Its preferred habitat is reed beds on the edges of shallow lakes, wet rice / paddy fields, swamps and marshy areas surrounded by reeds.

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And he was successful. Seconds later, he caught a Zitting Cisticola for a meal. This is a migratory raptor from Central Asia that come in large numbers during winters to India. They can be commonly seen across the countryside and mostly in grasslands where they roost communally.

We sighted one on this fence preening and he spent around 5 minutes cleaning himself up. Then suddenly he dived flew behind the vehicle and landed in a far away field. He had a Zitting Cisticola, a small warbler in his claws which he finished pretty quickly.

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At a nearby lake, I sighted a pair of these birds quite by accident - assumed they were male / female. They were perched quietly on some fences in an area which had a Shikra, couple of Kingfishers and lots of babblers. There were probably some rats / moles in the fields and the Owlet made 2-3 rounds to check for them before diving.

I sat on the roadside under a tree to get a better view when one of them flew past this spot to get a view and perched again. It made an diving attempt to get one of the rodents and missed it, but gave me a couple of good shots.

These are resident birds in the country and usually active during the crepuscular times and late nights.

When I checked these birds last week, they are gone as their habitat was destroyed due to real estate development . A large ugly boundary fence was setup and the trees - home of these owlets - were destroyed.

Thank you so much in advance for your views, feedback and faves.

A migratory raptor from Central Asia, Eastern Europe that winters in India. They are quite similar to the Pallid Harriers and both these birds are often seen together and even hunt in the same habitat - grasslands. The prey base is also quite similar.

The Harriers communally roost together in one place and hence they converge from their hunting grounds late in the evenings - usually an hour before sunset. In this grasslands, during the day, we see 1-2 of these harriers flying around. But as evening comes, around 4.00 PM onwards, the numbers grow - to about 20-25 these days. Few days ago when I was there, there were about 15 of them in a 20 sq meter area all together. And in them were several sub-adults like this one, maybe 1st winter or 2nd winter. I think this is a male in the 2nd winter, but I am not certain of the age.

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A very common dove in the region. It is fairly large and easy to practice flight shots.

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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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Found this beautiful looking sunbird right outside my balcony during my birding trip. He was merrily foraging among the flowering plants unmindful of the curious visitors around him.

One of the many sunbirds found around the foothills of the Himalayas. The bird is small, maybe 14-15 cms and quite beautiful to look at. It stood out among the greens with its bright yellowish orange plumage. The bird has a beautiful call and was more audible than seen. Think the bird, like most birds in the region makes seasonal altitudinal movements in response to the weather and cold conditions.

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Captain Fantastic raised and regimented, hardly a hero

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"Two teas both with sugar please", in the back of an alley

While little Dirt Cowboys turned brown in their saddles

Sweet chocolate biscuits and red rosy apples in summer

For it's hay make and "Hey mom

Do the papers say anything good?

Are there chances in life for little Dirt Cowboys?

Should I make my way out of my home in the woods?"

Brown Dirt Cowboy, still green and growing

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For there's weak winged young sparrows that starve in the winter

Broken young children on the wheels of the winners

And the '68 summer festival wallflowers are thinning

For cheap easy meals are hardly a home on the range

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We've thrown in the towel too many times

Out for the count and when we're down

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From the end of the world to your town

And all this talk of Jesus coming back to see us

Hmm, couldn't fool us

For we were spinning out our lines walking on the wire

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From here on sonny sonny sonny, it's a long and lonely climb

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A small wild cat found in the woody areas, forests and wetlands and places with dense vegetation. They are - I think - more common than we see them. Wikipedia says they are common across parts of Asia. The animals are quite active during the dusk, dawn and nights and rarely seen during daytime.

These animals are almost twice the size of a domestic cat and always sighted in the wild. They hunt rodents, quails, small ground birds, squirrels, reptiles and maybe smaller raptors as well. I have seen this cat many times, but this time, spent 45 minutes with it. It didn't mind our presence and let us get close, but the light was poor and I had difficulty holding the heavy lens for long at low shutter speed.

Many thanks in advance for your views and kind feedback.

A common resident Owlet found in forests across the country. They can be often heard during morning / evenings in the forests, but they are kind of active during the day too. The birds are quite predatory in the night and hence the calls attract a variety of birds that gang up and chase the owlets away.

That evening, we heard constant calls of these Owlets - 2 of them at the same time and sighted both of them. That brought out Bulbuls, babblers, Drongoes and few other birds all of which searched for the Owlets and chased them away from the place. The Owlets moved several times and sat quietly in some trees - often close to us, but they move so stealthily that we couldn't trace them. But thanks to the Bulbuls and other small birds that were continually harassing these owlets, we sighted them again and again.

This is nearing end of Spring here, but there were still several bare trees that the owlets could find some space on. The trees with canopy and fruit support several nesting birds and the summer breeding season is starting - no wonder the Owlets are so unwelcome.

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Not sure what I was thinking when I framed this shot, not to happy with the framing.

I think if I had moved back approx 3 to 4 feet would have had a better foreground.

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A beautiful bird of the forests, this is quite a loud bird that is easily heard and maybe seen, but very hard to photograph since they hide in the canopy. The bird is endemic to South and Central India and always found on the slopes of forest hills. It does fly up and down the slopes in search of food though. It is a photographers favorite and a very hard one to get as such - especially in our region.

These are social birds always seen in flocks - usually of 4-6 or more. They keep flying from tree to tree in search of insects on the tree trunks. The birds were out in the open on the edge of a forest and flying from tree to tree. There was a tree stump that the birds stopped briefly and then took off - managed a few flight shots much to my delight!

Many thanks in advance for your feedback, faves and likes - very much appreciated.

Another shot from yesterday morning's visit to the Studland Coast. This is looking towards The Pinnacles, two chalk formations located near Handfast Point.

The pastel colours at sunrise were gorgeous and setting a long exposure of 90 Seconds I've given this shot a nice smooth look to the water.

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A resident Leafbird that is found in forest areas around the country. The pair have a golden patch on their foreheads from which they get their name and are easily recognized by their colors and song. The distinctive colors provide perfect camouflage in the forest canopy and especially during the post rainy season when the trees are lush. They are active birds, often sighted moving around the canopies throughout the day and usually found alone or in pairs rather than large flocks.

These birds are also known for their the acrobatic skills often seen hanging upside down to reach nectar from blossoms or hunting insects from the undersides of leaves. Their diet is mainly nectar, berries, and small insects.

Beyond their color / beauty, they are also known for their vocal mimicry often imitating the calls of other birds, such as drongos or bulbuls.

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A large resident owl usually found around rocky places, ledges and rock quarries. These birds prefer these habitats and are often found sitting quietly on one of the ledges or on a tree nearby. The bird - around 50 - 60 cms is one of the larger owls in the country.

Just like other large owls, they are usually found in pairs. But this one was alone in a quarry. And there were dozen's of swallows that were quite unhappy with the Owl and were constantly dive bombing on it. The owl didn't care since they are no danger to it. Several rounds of dive bombing made no difference to the Owl who tracked it a few times, but ignored it entirely - as if saying "You can't touch me".

I suspect that the Owl was making a meal of these Swallows every night since the ledges where the Swallows perch and nest had a lot of white markings indicating Owl droppings.

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Eurasian Coot (Bläßhuhn) still smiling amidst a rain storm.

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One of several species of Pipits found in the grasslands. Pipits and warblers are quite difficult to id and this one was no exception.

The Tawny pipit is named after the Tawny color and is a pretty fair colored bird compared to the other pipits which are more dark brown colored. These pipits have a more upright standing position compared to the common Paddyfield Pipit which is one indicator apart from the color in id'ing the bird.

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A few more shots from a trip to the Lake District last October.

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This is very rare bird last seen two years ago around our place / in our state and a lifer for me. There are around 2-3 sightings in an year maybe usually in the winter. The bird looks very similar to the common Stonechat and I mistook it for the same for over 2 weeks and deleted around 100+ shots of the bird sadly. A few days ago, a friend saw the pic, id'ed it and then I realized the rarity.

The bird is migrant to North Western parts of India and is a rare visitor to the South. Ebird states they are resident birds around China, Central Asia, Central Eastern Europe and parts of Europe.

The birds prefer dry plains, grasslands and desert type of areas. They are primarily insectivores and prefer common insects like termites, ants, bees, beetles, grasshoppers, cockroaches, mantis etc..

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A very energetic and delightful little bird, size of a kids palm maybe. The birds breed during rains and are usually seen after the first rains. These birds have a very nice and easy to remember two noted call "Chirp Chirp" which is very easy to hear and id, but the bird itself is very hard to sight in the grass / natural habitat.

There are only a handful times where I got decent shots of this bird since they always stick to the grass. They are easy to hear and last season in a grassland, we heard 100's of them bursting with energy at the same time and it was a truly memorable experience. There was a swathe of green grass till the land meets the sky, and calls of this quail were everywhere.

We sighted several over the past few days and some walked across a small mound giving us these shots!

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Did you know that Parakeets, Owls, Myna's etc.. all share the same kind of home? They nest / roost in holes / hollow of tree trunks that are often created by other birds like Woodpeckers. On this day, we found several coconut trees with such holes in them. And a large flock of Rose Ringed Parakeets was active with some of them in these holes - while others were on the branches nearby.

The spotted owlet had occupied one of those hollows in the tree and the Parakeets clearly didn't like that. So they were continuously making calls and one of them even landed on the hollow to scare the owlet away. The owlet came out and landed on this perch very close - this was around 3 PM. It was sleepy, yawning and had droopy eyes. We felt sorry for it, but didn't disturb the fight and watched from a distance.

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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.

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A small bird maybe 15-17 cms long and easily mistaken for a pipit. This is migratory bird from Central Asia / Persian region during the winter season to India. They are often seen in grasslands foraging on the ground and are easily camouflaged in the dry brown grass. In the birding spots around my place, they are quite shy and usually fly away from people. This wasn't the case in a few other states where I found birds are quite unafraid of people.

Shot this bird in a beautiful grasslands that is fast drying up and the land turning bare. The summer is here and many of these migrants will soon leave back to their home turf. The birds are still here, but far lesser numbers. The Harrier numbers are significantly down, from 30's to less than 2 now. Probably will be there for another week or two at best before they migrate back to their homes.

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A large raptor around 55-70 cms tall and weighing around 1.5 - 2.4 kg and found throughout the year in India. They are probably the smallest of the 9 species of vultures found in India. The birds are very distinctive and easily recognizable unlike some of the other vultures which are confusing to id.

This one is an adult with the full white plumage and yellowish face and beak. Immatures tend to be totally brown with a greyish face. The birds are often seen around carcass dumpyards or in the deserts where dead cattle / animals are lying rotten. In our Rajasthan trip last week, we sighted 100+ of them all around the state - they are quite common there. In fact, Rajasthan has 7 of the 9 vultures found in India. Like most vultures, this is quite shy of people, but many a time, we found very close to the nomad settlements perched on the poles or walking around on the ground.

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Also known as Little Banded Goshawk, this is a medium sized ferocious raptor that attacks smaller birds in their nests and deep inside canopy. This raptor is very patient and will wait for the right moment to strike. Often they attack the chicks in the nests, or even the parents. The birds are common in the countryside and seen a lot, but hard to get a decent shot.

On this day, I sighted this bird waiting on a roadside bush early morning. It was trying to catch a sunbird I think, but was not successful. And shortly afterwards, it flew to a tree to the left of this wall and tried to catch an Iora, but was not successful either. The Common Iora took off deeper into the tree before the Shikra could get it. It tried a few tactics to get the Iora out, but wasn't successful and the Iora disappeared from view. The Shikra then landed on this wall probably to figure where else to hunt when we took the shot.

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