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An resident barbet endemic in India, often heard rather than seen. They have a very loud call heard above everything else in the forests.

This one was shot in a forest overlooking a temple on the edge of a hill. There were maybe 5-6 of these around and the calls filled up the air. Maybe the loudest one is the winner, so this one was checking it out. It surveyed the area briefly and then started to call. The perches were fantastic that day and since the summer has started, the light was excellent too giving lovely photographic opportunities.

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The most common Parakeet found in our state amongst the 4 species. They are found pretty much everywhere - in the cities, jungles, countryside and sometimes even near temples and tall buildings adjacent to trees.

The place we visited had several fruiting trees and when the monkeys had their fill of the fruits, the birds come up to grab whatever is left. These parakeets were the last of the birds - but they didn't seem to like this fruit very much. So they left quickly.

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One of 5 varieties of minivets in the forest we visited and a lifer!. Not the rarest, but definitely quite an uncommon one. It looks similar to the common Scarlet Minivet, but has a rosy frontside due to which it derives that name.

Similar behaviour as that of the other minivets except that it prefers small groups, usually 2 where both the male and female forage together. It is also a high canopy bird and prefers to come out to the open at the top!

ebird doesn't list the forest we visited as a native range of this bird, but since we sighted it during the non-migratory season, assume its resident there. The last trip we even sighted it nesting.

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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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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.

There were several males when I went there over the weekend. In fact, the females were barely seen which is kind of new since every year, the females outnumber the males by a huge ratio - this year it was the opposite. The birds were gently gliding across the grasslands hunting. It was evening and they also started sitting on the ground or on rocks - we had a good time, but the low light meant not many action shots. That grasslands is the only place where we are seeing some bird action these days, hopefully the action picks up soon.

The grassland they were frequenting for the last twenty years is now slated for development and I am not sure if we will see them again at that location next year.

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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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A small resident babbler maybe around ~15 cms long / tall with a lovely call. They are quite a garrulous bunch much like their cousins. But they are often very hard to spot since they forage on the forest floor - areas with lots of thick bushes (and snakes) - usually walking up and down the thick jumble of dry bushes looking for insects and other food.

We sighted them on the forest floor during a recent birdwalk. Luckily for me, the ground was elevated like a platform full of scrubby bush where I got this lifer and great shot at eye level. Couldn't be more happier!

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This is probably the largest Bee-Eaters in India (need to confirm that!) around 30-35 cms long and found in forest / thick wooded areas. Unlike many other Bee-Eaters, they are sedentary and prefers the same region for the habitat.

The bird is often found on tall canopies in places where there are lots of honey combs! We sighted several grabbing a bee for a meal during various parts of the day. They are often spotted along with other birds like the Indian Scimitar Babbler, Cuckooshrikes and woodpeckers. These birds unlike the other Bee-Eaters I had seen so far have a pretty hoarse call (akin a Drongo) which I was quite surprised to hear. We couldn't get close to them since the slope was difficult to navigate, so decided to take the shot from far!

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A common reed warbler found pretty close to water's edge - usually among the reeds and hence the name. They are usually found within 1-10 feet of the water foraging in the bushes for insects and spider. The call is quite clamorous and hence the name - the call is also quite unique and easy to identify.

The presence of this is generally seen as a good sign since other birds would generally be found around such water bodies. If the water is too polluted or has too much human, or feral dog related activity, then we don't usually see these birds. These days they are quite active as the bushes have grown a lot thanks to the rains over the last 3 months. The calls are everywhere and in this winter, they are accompanied by several other birds like the Blyth's Reed Warbler and Booted Warbler.

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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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It's almost impossible to go to the lake district and not get roped into photographing one of its many jetties, and around Derwent Water, there are eight of them, where people can flag down one of the ferries and get onboard for a trip around the lake.

Ashness Jetty is easy to get to, just park in the car park and cross over the road to the lakeside. We stopped off here twice last week, once on Monday morning and again on Wednesday morning. This is a shot from Wednesday when the sky was really moody and stormy, and although the wind had died down there was still enough to produce a bit of movement in the clouds.

I did 40 second exposure to accentuate that movement and also to flatten out the choppy water on the lake for a more artistic effect.

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Barn Owls are nocturnal owls and we often find them around granaries, warehouses, abandoned sheds etc... which often have lots of rats in and around them. But these Owls require night birding and a high powered torch to take some shots.

We went to a place far outside the city to see a pair nesting. While one lazily sat on the dead tree top and distracted us, this one quietly delivered several small rats to its chicks who I think could be around 10-15 days old. We couldn't see the chicks since they were deep inside a tree covered with creepers. The parent collected 3 different rats simultaneously - fed the young ones -then took off to get some rest per my knowledgeable friend who was with us. Apparently, the nest has become too small as the chicks were ready to fledge and the adults didn't have enough space to fit into the tree trunk.

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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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The tongue on this Warbler is quite unique among warblers. It is curled and semi-tubular, and is used to collect nectar during the winter.

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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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Sighted a huge flock of these common birds on the banks of a lake that was teeming with small bird activity. These social birds were flocking together on trees to roost for the night I suppose.

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Also known as the small green barbet, is a vibrant fruit-eating bird endemic to southern India’s forests, particularly the Western Ghats / Western mountain range forests of India and limited to small parts of the Eastern Ghats / forests on the Eastern range of mountains, and neighboring hills. About 16.5–18.5 cm in length, it is easily idenified by the broad white cheek stripe beneath the eye and a prominent supercilium, setting it apart from the similar-looking brown-headed barbet.

White-cheeked barbets are arboreal, rarely visiting the ground, and obtain most of their water from their fruit-heavy diet, though they may also consume insects. They are important seed dispersers and often seen in fruiting trees, sometimes alongside other frugivorous birds like green pigeons and bulbuls. Their characteristic call is a repetitive call, similar to Brown Headed Barbet and during last weekend trip was quite audible across the hills.

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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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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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I wish you a great weekend and Jade gives you sweet purrs that she has the secret.

Sunday it will be 1 month that she is with me, she has discovered every corner of her new domain, She jumps in all the cabinets, all the drawers and spends her time playing.

She has a lot of conversation and she follows me everywhere.

She's really cute.

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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. During winters in the grasslands, during the day, we often see 1-2 of these harriers flying and hunting around. But as evening comes, around 4.00 PM onwards, the numbers grew - to about 20-25 of them. Two years back at the same place, there were around 40 of them. Pallid, Montagu's, Marsh, and Pied - all together. Its an amazing experience to see so many of them so close and interacting with each other.

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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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Taken from the top of the Vermont Hotel roof. Made a nice change to be able to shoot the quayside from a different viewpoint.

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A common bird around fresh water lakes, these are large resident terns that slowly fly over the water looking for fish. They are found around most water bodies in our state and are quite common. They are also amongst the larger ones we have here inland - though there are bigger terns in the coastal areas. The bird is easy to id due to it size as well the yellow beak and orange feet.

Shot this in the small lake on the city outskirts while doing a bird survey as part of the City Bird Atlas. The Tern was actively hunting along with a Pied Kingfisher and Common Kingfisher. The lake seems to have a good amount of small fish and all 3 birds were sort of busy with the action. The Pied Kingfisher, I noted carried the fish to another place, but the Common and this Tern did consume it there though. The breeding season will soon start for these birds and we will see them with fish in their beaks and multiple lakes dotting the edges of the city.

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I am a big fan of flight shots and can never get enough of them. This is one very common bird around our area. On this day, there were several looking for grains in the fields and I managed to grab a few shots in the open before they flew away.

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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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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. The bird is around 15–17 cm long and for flycatchers, its a medium-sized to large flycatcher.

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.

In the South, we often see them in the canopy and could be heard in some of the places often. But in their home turf, I found them foraging at eye level perches, bushes and plants too. There were plenty of them and I enjoyed watching them play and forage in the hillside.

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