A resident babbler in the country, social and mostly seen in small groups of 2 - 4. They are noisy and one can hear their calls easily in the countryside near bushes. I heard their calls the other day - loud and sweet and then sighted maybe 4 of them. They were on top of the bushes seemingly enjoying the bright sun and cool breeze. They were not bothered by our presence and we had a good time watching their play.

The bird watched the butterfly fly past multiple times, but didn't try to grab it for a meal. I suppose very few butterflies are edible.

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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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The last picture of 2022 - finally, a good shot of "THE" Amur Falcon - this has been a dream for years now.

This is one of the longest migrating raptors in the planet. The annual migration covers around 22,000 Km - 30,000 km / 14-18,000 miles starting from Siberia / Northern Mongolia to India and onward to South Africa. From the coasts of India, they fly over the sea to Africa covering around 3-4000 kms nonstop without touching the ground for 5-6 days.

The birds were hunted in very large numbers in North Eastern India by the tribes, but now its a major conservation story and the same tribes now act as guides for bird lovers and watchers. The annual Amur Falcon festival happens every year around end Oct and one can watch 1000's of these birds - I hope to make it in 2023.

The story is worth reading for those interested!

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The birds are making a stopover briefly at a hill station near Mumbai for a couple of weeks and 100's of bird lovers like me make a visit to watch them and get some pictures. I was there on Thursday and had a tremendous day in the field!

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Last one from our trip to the Lake District for now, I have loads more but I feel like mixing things up a bit for the rest of the week.

No trip to the lakes is complete without a reflection shot, and as we had failed to get any reflections at Buttermere we stopped at Rydal Water instead. We hadn't planned to go here, but as we were driving past we saw the lake was flat as a pancake so made a quick pit stop.

The Autumn colours were just starting to come out and it really did look beautiful. We had about an hour here, but the wind soon picked up and the water started getting a bit choppy so we headed off to the pub for some lunch.

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Another species of the Bee-Eaters which I find very beautiful. These are resident birds in the country, but locally migratory with movements aligned to availability of water.

When the lakes are full, they do come and perch on the tall trees nearby. This perching behaviour easily differentiates the common green bee eater vs this bird. Additionally they have beautiful blue tail from which they get their name.

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This further 'Experimental Panoramic' image comprises five individually layered photographs taken late evening with a Canon EF 24-70mm F 2.8 lens, tripod and polarising filter from a high ridge on the Great Orme limestone promontory situated North West of the North Wales Coastal town of Llandudno.

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From the distant left to right firstly is the town of Conwy, then Conwy Mountain, next the limestone promontories of Penmaenbach and Allt Wen behind. Centre far distant is the inhospitable Carneddau range within the Snowdonia National Park. Next far distant and to the right is Yns Mon - the Isle of Anglesey with Conwy Bay in the foreground.

A member of the beautiful sunbird family with an extra long beak and often confusing in the wrong angle since it looks like the very common Purple Sunbird. However, the beak is visibly longer with a slight curve that helps it suck nectar from flowers that require a deep beak. The breast area also sports a maroon band which is visible in this shot, but easily missed otherwise.

The bird prefers habitats around this Lion's tail flowering plant in winters and love that plant nectar. This is endemic to India and found in thick forest and woodland areas with good amount of wild flowers.

A burst of sunlight on a cloudy day gave me this nice clean shot.

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During an early morning birding trip, we sighted more than 50-60 of these birds in a millet field, feasting on the cobs. The day didn't yield any satisfactory shots due to low light. So we went the next day again, an hour before and I had some outstanding shots.

This is one of my favorite shots from the second trip. And on this day, the weather and light was awesome! The parakeets were at the same place, and we took time to find the right spot behind a bush that just gave a great viewpoint and the birds didn't mind us at all.

I love this sharp classic post card photo - something I couldn't get the earlier time.

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A very colorful flycatcher named after its distinctive color - copper-Sulphate blue. Both the sexes are of similar color, but the female has a quite washed out /faded color while the male is colorful like above. They are upper canopy birds and could be heard in some of the places often. There were several of them and we had a wonderful time watching them play and forage on the upper canopy.

These are migratory birds from Southern China / South East Asia / Himalayan forests to South India. They come in good numbers and are quite a favorite of photographers due to their distinctive color.

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Found a great corner on a motorway here in Berlin, this ridge over the dip made for an interesting red line LE. It many attempts to get it right and is often the most challenging in respects to photography, as it's pure chance and of course one can never get the time back. Luckily enough in cities there is seldom any lack of traffic.

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Yesterday I had a day on the Somerset Coast with Louis Goldman, on the way, we stopped off at Cheddar Gorge for a quick visit.

It's such a stunning view up here, my previous visit was marred by low cloud and fog so I didn't really get a great shot. This time though, we had some decent cloud and after a short while, we managed to get some lovely side light on the gorge.

I still want to get up here for sunset one evening, but I think I'll have to wait until later in the year as the sun is setting too far to the south at the moment.

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Cook Inlet, Alaska. Thanks for looking and any comments or feedback.

A male - this is the breeding season for the birds. They could be easily sighted carrying nesting materials, loud complex songs where the males are trying hard to woo the female. The males outnumber the species per my many sightings but atleast a factor of 2. Females spot a greyish plumage instead of the bluish-black seen in the males.

These birds are very active from morning till noon after which they could still be seen usually perched on a tree. Magpie Robins are lower canopy birds and also perch on ledges, wires etc.. closer to the ground.

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A long distance migratory bird species from Europe / Parts of Asia and some of them winter in South East Asia / Parts of Australia. They are migrants in our region and seen in good numbers around March / April and when they are making their journey to their destinations.

The past couple of years we are not seeing them much, but these year maybe around 20 of them are now seen in a lake just 20 mins from my place. There are huge flocks of other waders birds still around and the place is perfect for photography with the light exactly behind the photographer in the mornings. Another 2 weeks and almost all those waders will disappear and start their return migration.

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In the countryside, these common Whistling ducks seem to be having a good time. The fields are wet and there is good vegetation for them to consume. And due to the rains, the human disturbance is considerably less. Shot during a brief lull in the rains in the past week.

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The most aggressive kingfisher in our region and pretty much seen everywhere. Its an opportunistic bird that hunts many things - birds like Indian White-Eye, smaller chicks, Lizards, Skinks, little crabs, frogs and fish too.

The birds have lots of patience and they are often seen perched rather than flying. They find a spot and wait, wait, wait till they find some prey to catch. It could be some frog, insect in the fields, or a fish / tadpole, frog in a pond nearby.

On this day, I found this one waiting on the side of a road next to a small stream that is around 2 feet below the road. It sat there for a long time and dived 2-3 times for a catch and yet when it came back to this perch, there was nothing in its beak. As I changed my angle, I sighted another Kingfisher below and think there maybe a nest. Both the birds were not leaving the area and the birds tend to nest on muddy walls.

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This is a macro shot of a False Sunflower seed head trapped in ice with the yellow petals of another flower (behind it) to add more color. The air escaping from the flower creates awesome crystalline striations in the ice during the freezing process.

This is a little tricky to get just right (both freezing the flower and the photography), but I think will do a series of these from the bargain bin at the local grocery. Give me some feedback, what do you think?

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The lakes in our region are overflowing with water due to the incessant rains of the past four months. This city lake too was no exception. But the banks had been dug up for some city works and that had attraced a variety of common birds and is now one of the few places this winter where we have some activity.

There are a few mud mound islands in the lake that are still interesting to a variety of common birds like Herons, Pelicans, Ducks and Cormorants. And often there is a bit of competition to get the prime spot for drying themselves - away from the edges and walking paths and in a great angle from the sun.

A lone Spot Billed Pelican flew from the other side of the lake and landed on a small island just a few feet wide. Few birds like a grey heron and cormorants were immediately wary of this large aggresive bird's presence. The lack of such islands / bars meant that this winter - we have very few visitors to this region.

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The most aggressive kingfisher in our region and pretty much seen everywhere. Its an opportunistic bird that hunts many things - birds like Indian White-Eye, smaller chicks, Lizards, Skinks, little crabs, frogs and fish too.

The birds have lots of patience and they are often seen perched rather than flying. They find a spot and wait, wait, wait till they find some prey to catch. It could be some frog, insect in the fields, or a fish / tadpole, frog in a pond nearby. On this day, I found this one waiting on the edge of a lake on this nice perch - sitting and waiting for some prey to show up. It sat there for a long time and flew away to the other side of the lake.

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Formidable apex aerial predators and winter migrants to South Asia. These are large birds of prey with a range much of Europe and Asia. Almost 70 cm in height and around 2-2.5 kgs in weight, this is a large eagle. Like every other large eagles, this too is a sluggish hunter that tries to conserve its energy while hunting.

Shot this in the Nilgiri's forest (on a 4 day trip) - a large Mega reserve of Tigers, Elephants, Bears, Leopards, Hyenas and other animals. Its a thick forest and one that has plenty of reports of human / animal conflict. Walking around for birds is a scary challenge. We shot this bird near a dumpyard where there were several species of Eagles - around 20-25 of them and another 10-20 Kites. The light was great and the setting beautiful. But our guide was nervous about straying far away from the vehicle since it is a tiger area and tigers are frequently sighted there.

There were about 8-10 of these GSE's perched on trees for a long time in the morning fog before we saw some action. And they continued to sit still after this brief action. As the day became too hot and light was harsh, we moved on.

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Shot on the edge of a lake embankment with fields and dry bush on one side. These are migratory birds from Iran and Central Asia to India during winters that come in large numbers. This year, we are seeing fewer numbers in the countryside due to climate changes and heavy rainfall during the migration season.

The birds are very colorful when fully mature during the breeding unlike this bird with a mix of yellow and black - it is kind of loosing the breeding plumage. They prefer the paddyfields and make their presence felt during the weeks before the harvesting time. The birds flock together in large numbers and then forage the grain in the fields or on the dirt roads making for a beautiful sight.

These birds were joined by Baya Weavers, Rosy Starlings, Bushchats, Myna's etc.. and there was a good number of them close to 200 birds on the bank eating the buds and looking for insects in the bush.

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The light was artificial ( neon lights ) and it was very harsh!!

I didn't like the settings. But the flower was simply grand

Never seen it in my life

These chrysanthemums are amazing as feedback received:

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2: San Ramon

3: Glad Eye

4: Lily Anderton

5: Molly Lambert

6: Alabama

7: Dream Castle

8: Evening Glow

9-10: Lavender Ostrich

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?

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This is the peak time of breeding and nesting for these birds. The black line in the Centre down her throat is indicative of the breeding plumage. The nests are laid on small plants on the side of the pathway or road. They are smaller than a baby's palm and usually have 1-2 chick from whatever I have seen.

I love shooting these birds as they are quite fast and quite a challenge always.

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A beautiful Cuckooshrike and one of the 4 found in the state. The bird is found in the woody /forest areas and mostly sighted on the middle / top canopy areas. They have a nice easy to id call and often sighted solitary. The summer is the nesting season for these birds and almost all my sightings have been during summers.

These are about 20 cms long and feed on insects, larvae and spiders found in trees / plants. The birds are sexually dimorphic, this being the male. The female is more confusing to id and similar to other cuckooshrike females with some minor differences.

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Uranium fever has done and got me down

Uranium fever is spreadin' all around

With a geiger counter in my hand

I'm a-goin' out to stake me some government land

Uranium fever has done and got me down.

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Portrait arrogant malgré son bec sale

la Pie-grièche écorcheur

Red-backed Shrike

(Lanius collurio)

♂ adulte plum. nuptial

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Elle a un air profond et très attentif,

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Bruant zizi ♀ adulte plumage nuptial

(Emberiza cirlus - Cirl Bunting)

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Zizi bunting ♀ adult breeding plumage

(Emberiza cirlus - Cirl Bunting)

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A resident common lark found in grasslands and countryside. They frequent habitats where there is a lot of red sand and are endemic to the subcontinent. They are often sighted foraging on the ground looking for small grains and insects in the ground along with the other birds like Paddyfield Pipit and Sparrowlark. The birds are easy to identify due to their distinctive rufous plumage. I find them quite bold for their size and do allow people to get close.

I sighted this bird in a grasslands on a misty day while driving through. It was relaxing.

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Belle petite femelle, au soleil sous sa protection de ronces.

Le lézard vert

Lacerta bilineata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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A quiet evening with the stars in the Ah Shi Sla Pa Wilderness in Northern New Mexico. I was here for three nights and never saw another human. This place is really eerie at night and so quiet you can heart your heart beating.

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City Park, New Orleans, LA. Thanks for looking and any comments or feedback.

Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Photographing bears was the focus of my recent trip to Alaska, but whenever possible I tried to "sneak" in a few birds. It was wonderful to see and hear birds that I typically only encounter during their spring and fall migrations, including this yellowlegs. Thanks for looking and any comments or feedback.

Looking east as first light dawns over the Swiss Alps. Taken from the Forbes Arête on the Aiguille du Chardonnet, France.

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