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Himalayan Bulbul in flight
13 March, 2022
Bhojnagar, Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh
OMD EM1X 300f4
1/2500, f4, ISO400
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Dark sided flycatcher in typical manner of “explanation of a flycatcher” that catches fly or other harmful insects by watching from its perch momentarily- the speed, parabola, size of insect and the air current direction and making its precise move to catch it mid air.
Insect has almost zero chance once locked in the mind, eye and muscle coordination of flycatcher.
Birds are nature’s best pest controllers.
19 September, 2021, Morni Hills, Haryana.
EM1X 300f4
1/2000, f4, ISO 200, -0.7ev
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Indian Pittas have been visiting Foot Hills of Margalla, Islamabad, Pakistan for breeding. Almost after 35 years a pair of Indian Pitta was spotted in 2017 and 2018, then with a gap of one year two pairs are spotted this year...this individual is one of them shot taken during nesting period.
The plumbeous water redstart (Phoenicurus fuliginosus ) is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and China. Males are slate blue in colour, while females are grey. The bird's common name refers to its colour which resembles lead. They tend to live near fast-moving streams and rivers.
A gaudy, cartoonish-looking bird of tropical foothill and montane forests. Completely unmistakable; green with a black-and-yellow head and bright blue tail. Moves through the middle and upper layers of the forest in small to medium-sized flocks. Even if seen poorly, square-headed profile and long tail are distinctive. Song is a series of slightly wheezy descending whistles. (EBIRD)
An Asian forest bird with black upper parts plumage and yellow underparts. Sexes are similar though females are duller.
Enjoying a gorgeous waterbath.
The white-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus) is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. Native to densely vegetated habitats in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, its popularity as a cage-bird and songster has led to it being introduced elsewhere. (WIKI)
Spotted out of the blue from a moving car on a windy evening. Dint seem to be bothered an inch as we all bounced out of the vehicle to take his frames while he was busy making noises.
The Lepcha people of Sikkim call it ka ar fo. A bird of the Himalayas and south-east Asia, it lives in small flocks, with a preference for clearance and edges of old growth forests.
Female - This species is known to inhabit forests, feeding on fruits and insects. The male is a vibrant, bright crimson-maroon shade.
Similar to Buffy and Rusty Laughingthrushes, but much darker and less colorful. Dark rufous above and grayish-white below, with a silver ear patch, bright white throat, and a black patch around the eye. Generally not abundant in Himalayan foothill forests, where it forages in flocks of up to a dozen or so in thick undergrowth. Introduced to Hawaii, where it may be found in shrubby areas, often close to human habitation. (Wiki)
During migration in India, it moves along the Eastern Ghats in its southward migration with exhausted individuals often being discovered in the vicinity of homes.[8][9] In mid-October, they are found in numbers at Point Calimere, possibly into Sri Lanka. Some appear to winter in the Western Ghats (WIKI)
The plumbeous water redstart (Phoenicurus fuliginosus ) is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and China. Males are slate blue in colour, while females are grey. The bird's common name refers to its colour which resembles lead. They tend to live near fast-moving streams and rivers.
An Old World flycatcher, It is found from the Himalayas through Southeast Asia to Sumatra. This species is named after its distinctive shade of copper-sulphate blue and has a dark patch between the eyes and above the bill base. The adult males are intense blue on all areas of the body, except for the black eye-patch and grey vent. Adult females and sub-adults are lighter blue.
The verditer flycatcher is also interesting among the flycatchers in that they forage above the canopy level and perching on electric wires or exposed tree top branches.
This species was earlier placed in the genus Muscicapa and it has been suggested that it is closer to the Niltava flycatchers (wiki)