Taken at Whimberly maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Whimberly/134/110/26

I found the juxtaposition of right leaning and left leaning trees to be very eye catching.....or maybe it's just me being artsy! LOL

P1160565 - Rattleweed (Crotalaria retusa)

# 250 - 12 Apr '18 - 17:52 (12:22 GMT)

At - Silent Valley National Park - Western Ghats

Rattleweed (Crotalaria retusa) - is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by various common names including Devil-bean, Shack shack and Wedge-leaf rattlepod.

It is poisonous to livestock, and contaminates human food. Its original native range is unclear, probably including tropical Asia, Africa and Australia. (wikipedia)

Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)

also know as:

Tamil: கிலுகிலுப்பை (Kilukiluppai)

Telugu: Pottigilligichacha

Malayalam: Matrghatini

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Taken at Soul2Soul maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Seth%20Island/104/82/29

P1120837 - Cruiser - Size 80-110 mm

# 206 - 01 Feb '2018 - 15:43 (10:13 GMT)

Thai Cruiser (Vindula erota) - Male - on poinsettia flower - in Chuchuyimlong Village - Nagaland - Eastern - Himalayas ~1100m Altitude.

The male Cruiser is a rich fulvous orange above, and has a broad post-discal band of slightly paler colour on both wings. The band is broad at the forewing, and narrows almost to a point near the tornus of the hindwing. There are distinct black marginal and submarginal lines which give the wing a zig-zag appearance.

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P1230297 - Chestnut-headed Bee-eater - Size - 18 - 20 cm

# 253 - 18 Apr '18 - 14:55 (09:25 GMT)

Chestnut-headed Bee-eater - is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent and adjoining regions, ranging from India east to Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. (wikipedia)

Also Know as - Bay-headed Bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti)

At - Sonanadi Wildlife Sanctuary - Uttarakhand - Western Himalayas

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P1550310 - Red-billed Blue Magpie - Size 65-68 cm

# 139

Red-billed Blue Magpie - Himachal Pradesh, Wesetern Himalayas ~1500m Altitude

Also know as - (Urocissa erythroryncha occipitalis), Blue Magpie, Red-billed Magpie, Red-billed Blue Pie

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P1210261 - Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush - Size 20 cm

# 202 - 26/01/18 - 16:47 (11:17 GMT)

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush - female - Corbett National Park - Western Himalayas.

Common rock thrush (Monticola saxatilis), formerly rufous-tailed rock thrush or European rock thrush, is a chat belonging to the family Muscicapidae.

It breeds in southern Europe across central Asia to northern China. This species is strongly migratory, all populations wintering in Africa south of the Sahara. It is an uncommon visitor to northern Europe.

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Rihanna - Umbrella

Taken at the beautiful Serena Falls.

Taken at Sweet Paradise to the Darks maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lighthouse%20Oasis/46/102/24

At the gorgeous Butter sim. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Butter/111/88/24

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Her soul is fed with the salty air and needle & thread...

Taken at the Cascadia sim.

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P1300527 - Common Rosefinch - Size 15 cm

# 146

Common Rosefinch - Uttarakhand, Western Himalayas ~2200m altitude.

Also Know as - Rosefinch, Scarlet Finch, Scarlet Grosbeak, Scarlet Rosefinch, Hodgson's Rosefinch

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P1300914 - Striated Prinia - Size 16 cm

# 176 - 22 Dec '2017 - 21:55 (16:25 GMT)

Striated Prinia - in Uttarakhand, Western Himalayas ~2200m Altitude.

Also know as - Brown Hill Prinia, Brown Hill Warbler, Brown Prinia, Hill Prinia, (Prinia crinigera).

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P1320701 - Himalayan Tortoiseshell - Size 45-62 mm

# 179 - 26 Dec '2017 - 16:47 (11:17 GMT)

Himalayan Tortoiseshell (Indian) - Aglais caschmirensis aesis)

At - Uttarakhand, Western Himalayas ~1800m Altitude.

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P1430253 - Kashmir rock agama

# 209 - 04 Feb 2018 - 22:44 (17:14 GMT)

Laudakia tuberculata (Kashmir rock agama or tuberculated agama) is a species of agamid lizard found in northern Pakistan, northern India (W Himalaya, Kashmir, Punjab), Nepal, eastern Afghanistan and Tibetan Plateau.

Kashmir rock agama - at - Malpa, on our way to Om Parvat, Uttarakhand, Western Himalayas ~2300m (~7600 ft) Altitude.

In this trip we were hiking from around 1600m to 4200m and down in 8 days ... we came across some excellent high altitude rare wildlife 🐾

Happy birding🐦

Iron, the Tibetan Mastiff puppy enjoying Easter gifts!

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P1460887 - Verditer flycatcher

# 127

Verditer flycatcher - Pangot, Uttyarakhand, Western Himalayas ~1900m (6300 ft) Altitude.

Also Know as - Asian Verditer-flycatcher, Indian Verditer Flycatcher, Verditer-blue Flycatcher, Verditer Warbling-flycatcher.

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P1060118 - Small Branded Swift - Size - 32-38 mm

# 203 - 27/01/18 - 17:45 (12:15 GMT)

Also Know as - (Pelopidas mathias), the dark small-branded swift, small branded swift, lesser millet skipper or black branded swift

Small Branded Swift - is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found throughout much of Southeast and East Asia, and as far as the Philippines. It is also present in tropical Africa and Arabia.

Coupling just after the rains in Kalakshetra, Madras ... Happy birding 🐦

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P1250829 - Nilgiri Laughingthrush - Size 20cm

# 145

Nilgiri laughingthrush - IUCN Red list endangered species.

And It's endemic to high elevation areas of Western Ghats...

Also known as - (Montecincla cachinnans) `` Black-chinned or Rufous-breasted Laughingthrush.

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P1020672 - Blueish Dusk

# 174 - 21 Dec 2017 - 15:15 (9:45 GMT)

As we were driving on the East Coast along with the rains, enjoying the birds, butterflies, sculptures and other nature... we came across this spectacular Sunset.

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"C O N C E P T"

Photo from this morning, I was going to shoot sunrise but it was too foggy so I decided to shoot something else that provokes the mood!

Monarch Butterfly on a pink milkweed flowers.

Iron the Tibetan Mastiff puppy showing some puppy love!

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This photo is another favorite of mine from one of my professional family photo sessions. The foggy, rainy, misty day didn't stop us from capturing some beautiful memories for this family

Dans les marais de Txingudi au pays basque, Espagne.

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In the marshes of Txingudi in the Basque country, Spain.

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Taken right by the shoreline (that black blob under the arch is seaweed) in the forest near my home. There's a little patch of odd shaped trees in this area that I've been trying to photograph for some time so quite happy for the fog this morning. Shot a few minutes before "sunrise" hence the rather long exposure time!

In other news, bare with me as I do an unashamed plug.... I was recently asked to share three photos on the Flickr blog and answer some questions about my studio portrait work. Little old me! Here's my two minutes of glory on the blog :D

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2° Premio - 1st Flickr Portrait Gallery Contest July 2009

What future awaits this child? Live for 6 months in a field of stones under tarps that do not isolate nor cold nor heat nor ls terrible rains in the area! Winter comes, it's getting cold and these people have no deadlines, no answers ... Do not do miracles but if we can do that is more than what we do

On my evening photo safari of my neighborhood, I came upon... a sleeping bear? sleeping lioness or moss on a rock? What do you see? I first saw the snout, then the closed eye and then the ear...