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The painted stork is a colorful, large waterbird found in marshlands. Recognized by pink tints on the wings and back and a finely checkered panel on the inner wing. It nests colonially in trees, often along with other waterbirds. The birds remain close to their breeding ground and do not migrate much. Their diet consists of fish, frogs, snails, crustaceans, snakes, lizards, young turtles, crocodile hatchlings, hatchlings of large lizards, insects, etc. Bare forehead helps the stork to dig deep into mud without fouling any feathers.
An evening shot captured from a rowing boat.
Nikon Z9 camera, Nikkor 200-400mm f/4g lens, f/4, 1/2500s, ISO 400.
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Out of seven species of the Pelicans found in the World, only two species ,namely, Spot-billed and Great white are reported from India.
Mugger Crocodile (aka Marsh Crocodile)
Predator and prey co-inhabiting on the rocks!
Captured from a rowing boat.
Nikon Z9, Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G lens, f/4.5, 1/2500s, ISO 400
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Openbill stork, Anastomus oscitans was captured at Ranganthittu bird sanctuary, Mandya, Karnataka, India.
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Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary (Kannada: ರಂಗನತಿಟ್ಟು ಪಕ್ಷಿಧಾಮ) is a Bird Sanctuary in the Mandya District of the state of Karnataka in India. It is a very small sanctuary, being only 0.67 km². in area, and comprises six islets on the banks of the Kaveri River. Ranganthittu is located near the historic town of Srirangapatna.
Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary (Kannada: ರಂಗನತಿಟ್ಟು ಪಕ್ಷಿಧಾಮ) is a Bird Sanctuary in the Mandya District of the state of Karnataka in India. It is a very small sanctuary, being only 0.67 km². in area, and comprises six islets on the banks of the Kaveri River. Ranganthittu is located near the historic town of Srirangapatna.
Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary is known for attracting migratory and resident birds. I was waiting near these rocks for some storks to land and was nearly dozing off due to the warm weather. After I came out of my slomber, I was surprised to see this crocodile instead, getting comfortable on the rocks!
Nikon Z9, Nikkor 200-400 mm f/4G lens, f/4, 1/5000s, ISO 400.
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Left: Asian Openbill, Anastomus oscitans. The stork is whiter than the spoonbill. Wide gap between upper and lower mandibles and pink legs are characteristics.
Right: Eurasian Spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia. The multicolored neck and the yellow breast patch of breeding plumage show up nicely in this pose.
Captured from a rowing boat. Luckily both birds were in the same focal plane.
Nikon Z9, Nikkor 200-400mm/f4G lens, f/6.3, 220mm, 1/1600s, ISO 400
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Equipment used: Nikon D90, Nikkor AF-S VR 70-300mm lens, handheld, continuous frame advance
Other data: Aperture priority @ f/8, Auto ISO - ISO 360, Shutter speed 1/800 sec, focal length 230mm, exposure composition EV -0.7
This was the next photograph after the “As I swoop down” image. Since the camera was about doing about 4 fps this must have been around ¼ of a sec later. By then the pelican had moved closer so I should have zoomed out a bit but didn’t unfortunately. Hence, the wing got clipped a bit but I managed to capture the beak as it skimmed the water. Should have been a great photo without the wing clipped but then I am no Arthur Morris!
I think the D90 + 70-300 though being a consumer body + lens combo tracked the subject admirably well! I am convinced this combo can take much better images than what I am capable of!
Location: Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary Near Mysore, Karnataka
Similar shot as previous two. Again the intention is to show the bird in its beautiful environment.
Check out the trip report at: Ranganthittu bird sanctuary - Paradise for bird watchers
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 110 mm
ISO Speed: 400
A small black and yellow damselfly; confined to hill streams and rivers of forested landscapes. Frequently sits in emergent water plants and overhanging bushes.
Eyes of female are brown above grey below. Thorax is similar to male and markings more extensive and dull. Legs are yellow, femora lined extensively with brown. Wings are transparent with amber tint. Wing spots are creamy white; present in all wings. Abdomen is yellow, with black markings. The first segment has a large square spot above. The segments 2-8 have a broad black patch above. This is bisected by a narrow yellow line, which extend to the 9th segment and the last segment is black.
Female lays eggs on partially submerged decaying wood.
Taken at Ranganthittu, Mysore India
Mysore, India
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Many a holy river and not so holy ones have Shiva statues built in the waterways. Haridwar has one on the Ganges and further down that holy river you spot occasional concrete iconographic visages of Shiva with his Trident, damroo, snake, yoga danda and matted hair.
This particular piece of masonry and paint work is not the most aesthetic in figurative terms and it would appear that the artist ran short of concrete to give Shiva atrophied arms and stunted legs. Maybe too much on the neck did that. The depiction of a lady, Ganga, ensconced in the matted strands of hair is unique here. So is the motorcycle, but then that is the framing :)
Cauvery river has been a hot bed of disputes between Karnataka and Tamilnadu states in India over sharing of waters. Not such a holy way to share water with riots just a few weeks ago. More will happen in the short term as the rains in the catchment areas of the river have been poor and sharing becomes acute. Let us wait and see how that flows out.
This was shot near the entrance to the Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary near Mysore.
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grasshopper - omocestus rufipes frequents dry grassy places. hope the id is correct.. perhaps Lacey may correct me!
A Black-headed Ibis in flight at the Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary near Mysore, Karnataka, India.
Had to overexpose by +2EV to capture the details of the bird as the sun was directly behind the bird.
Shot using a Canon EOS 50D with Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS.
Indian Large Cormorants
Ranganthittu bird sanctuary, Srirangapatna, Mandya, Karnataka- near Mysore, India
Pied Kingfisher
© Harshith JV
Place: Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary, Mandya
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File date: January 04, 2015 at 10:22 AM IST
Common name: Pied Kingfisher
Species ID/Genera: Ceryle rudis
Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_kingfisher
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