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A large non-parasitic cuckoo endemic to the Indian Subcontinent. The bird is pretty large - maybe 40-45 cms and is quite famous for its beauty. This is also known as "Lipstick bird" for its reddish beak and beautiful eyelashes.

It habitat is the dry scrub land, forest edges and is often sighted on the ground hunting for insects. The birds are quite shy and behaviours are hard to predict - so it is tough to sight them at the same location again and again. On this day though, we hit the jackpot - spent an hour roughly with 2 birds and at times they got too close to get a full length shot. Luckily they were flying perch to perch continuously, so managed to get a few good 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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Another resident swallow in the area we visited, this is a beautiful bird a bit smaller than a sparrow. They are easily confused for the common Barn Swallow (by me atleast) and I identified them only after seeing the pictures.

The birds are in their peak nesting season so they capture several insects in flight and carry them back with their mouths full.

A large number of these birds were nesting under a bridge over an overflowing reservoir after the heavy rains this month. They were 100's of them and despite my best efforts it was incredibly tough to get a few good shots of it in flight. Very agile, unpredictable turns, and fast flyer.

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Not the usual type of picture i would generally take and not actual sure if it's any good or in any way appealing.Added a bit of blur to give it a softer feel. Again not sure it that works either. Bit out of my comfort zone so any feedback, positive or negative, would be appreciated on this one.

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Had last week a flour shooting with Cat Angelina at Beer's.

Here is one the result. Some more to be seen on Instagram

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Resident waders found throughout the year around large lakes, shallow rivers and wetland areas. Summer is the nesting time for these waders / reed birds and they contine to nest till the end of summers to rainy season and through it. This year, our summer is varying between moderate and cool temperatures. The swamphens haven't started nesting yet, but I suspect some of them have started demonstrating the breeding plumage - the colors are more vivid than usual and quite beautiful - like in this picture.

These swamphens are sighted in large numbers now around reed beds and waterlogged fields which would be thriving with small worms, insects and other creatures. We are still seeing a lot of rains and the lakes are overflowing - so the fields are where most of the activity is.

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A Common resident duck found throughout the year in the subcontinent. They are large ducks and make for wonderful target practice for shooting birds in flight.

I think this is the breeding season and hence we could hear their calls quite often. Due to rains, there are few shallow lakes in our region now. Most of them are filled up / overflowing which makes them unsuitable for ducks or waders. I wonder how these ducks will manage their chicks when food becomes a problem in these deeper lakes.

This one is a male as noted by the bright red patch on the forehead above its beak. The females lack this red patch.

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One of the smallest warblers, it was originally named the Blue Yellow-backed Warbler.

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A large resident duck of the Indian Subcontinent, they can be sighted throughout the year in lakes and ponds across the country.

I sighted a large flock in a lake near my place. They were mostly sleeping during the day and would make a occasional flight if disturbed - mostly by raptors like Harriers or some fishermen or farmers.

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A large crow found in the forests and countryside around the country. They are opportunistic predators and eat pretty much anything just like common crows. In the past, we sighted them eating chicks of other birds, catching lizards and even eating roadkill.

There were around 30-40 Steppe Eagles and a small number of Jungle Crows. The crows were trying to scare the much larger (twice the size or more) Eagles to turn them away from their area. But the Eagles were no in mood to listen. The crows had to beat a hasty retreat quickly.

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I've decided to let my picture do the talking.

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somthing completly diffrent to what i usually do, would appreciate some feedback..

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This small bird is a winter migrant to India from parts of the Central Asia and middle East. It prefers dry areas and desert regions for its habitat and we found it all over the desert - infact it was the most common bird in that area - more than the myna's or bulbuls and sighted in the dry bushes and often coming to the ground.

Wikipedia refers to three distinct morphs of the bird and we sighted all 3 of them, though 2 seemed fairly common - the 3rd one - the white cap - was a bit uncommon but did sight a few times. The one we get down in the Southern India has white on the belly all the way till the neck. We never found it in our home state despite searching several seasons, but am so am glad that we sighted all the 3 variants.

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A delightful little quail, size of a boys 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 call, a 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.

This season in the grasslands, we heard many of them, far less than 100's we heard from last season though. The calls are so pleasant and beautiful to hear.

We were driving on a dust road when we saw a quail on an open rock, while we positioned the vehicle slowly to shoot that, this one came on the other side and stood like this much to our delight. And then another one came some 10 meters away from this. I am not sure why they came out into the open like that, but fun shooting like this.

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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?

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A large falcon that is endemic to South Asia including parts of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. This is as large as a Peregine Falcon and taller than Saker Falcon, but more leaner unlike the bulky build of Saker Falcon or Peregrine Falcon. We sighted them on two days in action - they were hunting in the area and one of them was fighting with the Saker Falcon. They seem to be quite common in the desert regions and as a fan of falcons was delighted to be sighting them and seeing them in action.

This was sighted in Pokhran, again a desert region. The bird was hunting in the area possibly targeting the many small birds like Pipits, Larks, Crested Larks, Wheatears etc.. There was no dearth of prey. Unfortunately, we didn't see it with any catch though and we were in a rush to see the Indian Bustards, so had to move along.

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There are some birds which migrate to India in very large numbers, tens of thousands and maybe millions. Rosy Starling in one such migrant. Flying in from Central Asia and Europe, these birds are found in large flocks in the winters often 30-40 and sometimes in 100's. They outnumber the resident starlings during winters, though they seem to co-exist peacefully.

I sighted a large flock of around 100 on this day on a lake embankment. They were busy in the small flowering shrubs grabbing the berries and making a lot of noise. The paddy / rice season has completed and farmers burnt the dry fields in preparation for the next crop. These birds help farmers by picking off any insects that remain. Joining these Rosy Starlings were the local residents, the Chestnut Tailed, Common Myna and the Brahminy starlings.

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Also known as the Little Banded Goshawk, this is a small bird of prey and a ferocious raptor that attacks birds in their nests and deep inside canopy. This is a patient bird and will wait for the right moment to strike. Often they attack the chicks and birds in their nests. The birds are common in the countryside and seen a lot, but hard to get a decent shot. They are amongst the 3 most common raptors we have. The other two being Black Kite and Black Shouldered Kite.

We sighted this lone bird next to a dirt road in a thick cluster of acacia trees. The area had nesting activity of a variety of Finches / munia's, Weavers, Prinia's and Doves. The Shikra was hunting and it was checking deep inside the thick bush in the morning! It didn't find anything, so flew away far to another bush.

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I do not look at statistics all that often, but I did recently. I saw that just a couple weeks ago or so I had passed 3 million views. Which gave me pause for reflection. I first joined Flickr in 2007. I did not do anything with it for the first year, but as I started figuring out what it was about, I became more active. Since that time, I have shared 1000 photos.

I have enjoyed my interaction with other photographers from all over the world, loved seeing the world through their eyes. I have learned from their work and from their feedback. Awards groups, something not everyone loves, have functioned like small photo contests and have taught me a great deal. I have made friends with people I have never met in person. While not without its frustrations, Flickr has mostly been a positive experience for me, largely because of the photographers I have encountered and the work they have shared.

So thanks, all of you. Thanks for your interest in my work, your encouragement, and for sharing yourselves as you have courageously posted your own work for me to enjoy and learn from.

Here is another shot taken in the Great Smoky Mountains. The Native Americans know these mountains as a spiritually important place and I have to agree with them. I do not get out as much as I would like, but it restores me when I do. I appreciate having a place to share what I find there. Again, thanks to you all.

A rare bird in our region, but kind of common in the area we visited - the area is a mix of grasslands / scrublands - which is also their habitat. This is the largest of the 5 Shrike species we find here in our state (there are 2-3 more in India though). Much bigger than the Long Tailed Shrike, the Brown Shrike, Isabelline Shrike and the Bay Backed Shrike.

The Great Grey Shrike demonstrates similar behaviours like the other shrikes. It prefers a thorny perch 3-4 feet high and observes the area around it for prey like Beetles, Lizards, Dragonflies, grasshoppers etc.. And then it will grab them and fly to a thorny tree where it will consume it - sometimes piercing the prey to the thorns to tear it apart with its beak. The bird is also frequently observed challenging the pesky Drongoes for territory.

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Migratory goose that fly over from Russia, Northern China to winter in India in large numbers. During the nights, they tend to converge in fields and shallow lakes surrounded by paddy fields. The timing works well for them as the fields are harvested i this time and they use the fields to roost and even find food.

One very interesting fact about these birds is that they were sighted in flight over top of the Everest mountains during their migration and often over the other peaks of Himalayas. One of the 3 species that do this I think. How they survive those extreme altitudes is a subject of much research. It is thought that onward journey from China to India through the Himalayas is less stressful compared to the return migration. This is due to the fact that the onward journey is a down altitude flight with some high altitude climbing, but the return journey is fraught with peril as the birds have to climb almost 20,000 - 27,000 feet above the sealevel to cross the Himalayas from the Northern plains of India.

We sighted around 50-60 birds in a lake adjacent to a forest - the birds flew away after sighting us and flew around the lake multiple times and landed on the far side. The lake had 3 rare Black Storks which were too far for photography, but were a lifers for me.

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I took a walk through the Butterfly Habitat in Humber Bay Park and tried to capture this bird house, set high up on a pole. I have included the plaque fyi:) Taken at 3:08 p.m.

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A large old world vulture - probably one of the largest vultures we get in Asia weighing around 8 - 12 Kg and with a wingspan of around 8.5 ft to 10.2 ft. These are pretty large unmissable vultures whose status is unfortunately near threatened. They are found in the Himalayas and much of China / Central Asia.

We visited a cattle dumpyard where dead cows (usually old ones) are laid to rest to be eaten by the vultures by the locals. There were more than 100 Vultures of around 4-5 species. And the Himalayan Griffons fought with the similar sized Eurasian Griffon several times over rights to the carcass. The fight was quite interesting that they spread their wings wide in an aggressive fashion and then use their legs to kick the head of the other vulture. The Himalayan Griffon's won much of the time due to their sheer size. After the win, the other vultures briefly give way for a couple of minutes and again they are group up.

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A Small passerine bird found across small ranges in the country and across much of South East Asia. The bird is around 15 cms long, and found in decidous forests where it hunts in the middle canopy. This is an elusive bird and since its prefers hunting in canopy, is a tough shot in my view.

The bird is a quick agile flyer and I had seen it a few times before from long distance just enough to get a record shot. But this time, under dense canopy and hiding behind bushes, we got a chance to observe it in action. The Flycatcher Shrike tends to join other species (mixed flock groups) in hunting insects. It darts off, catches, consumes and darts off in quick succession. The area we found it had a variety of bird species - around 7-8 interesting ones, and this is the only bird we got a shot of. We did sight around 4-5 of them, though they hunted alone.

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