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Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) captured at Marala, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan with Canon EOS 7D Mark II
It is hard to imagine that his place can reach over 40 degrees Celsius in summer but in mid-winter ir might drop to minus at times. Although it looks barren and cool now it can be very green and bright in spring and summer. The winters in Punjab can be quite cold and biting.
Marala is an unofficial wetland and during the winter thousands of Bar-headed Geese, Greylag Geese, Shelducks, Mallards, Pintail, Spoonbill as well as Black Storks, Common Cranes, Eurasian Bitterns, Pallas Gull's, Marsh Harrier, Hen Harrier all winter here. Many of the common farmland, wetland, scrub and forest birds that breed in the region are also found here.
I managed to see at last 82 species of bids including Great Spotted Eagle, Peregrine, Hen Harrier, Brown Crake, Ruddy Shelduck, Bar Headed Goose, Spoonbill, Black Storks, 1 Painted Stork, White-tailed Lapwing. Bengal Bush Lark, Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler, Pied Myna and the usual suspects.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marala_Headworks
The Marala headworks is situated at the Chenab River near the city of Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan. It is a massive hydro engineering project and is used to control water flow and flood control in river Chenab. Chenab is a 1,086 km (675 mi) long river which originates in the Kulu and Kangra Districts of Himachal Pradesh in India and is fed by the tributaries Chandra and Bagha as it enters Jammu & Kashmir near Kishtwar. After cutting across the Pir Panjal range, it enters the Sialkot District in Pakistan where the Marala Barrage was built across the river in 1968 with a maximum discharge of 1.1 million ft³/s (31,000 m³/s). Two major water channels originate at the Marala headworks—the Marala-Ravi Link Canal and the Upper Chenab Canal. Proposals are under consideration to build Mangla Marala Link Canal to overcome any shortage of water in future.
Head Marala is also a picnic spot, wildlife sanctuary and unprotected wetland. Many people come here and enjoy the landscape and natural beauty.
Great Thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris) captured at Marala, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan with Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon) captured at Marala, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan with Canon EOS 7D Mark II
White-tailed Stonechat (Saxicola leucurus) captured at Marala, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan with Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Today i em whole day will be absent from Flickr
i em Going to Lahore to C off my Cosine
So when i will b back i will catch you all my dear friends okay
White-tailed Stonechat (Saxicola leucurus) captured at Marala, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan with Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) captured at Marala, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan with Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) captured at Marala, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan with Canon EOS 7D Mark II
The Eurasian coot (Fulica atra), also known as the common coot, or Australian coot, is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae. It is found in Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and parts of Africa.
The black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) is a small Asian passerine bird of the drongo family Dicruridae. It is a common resident breeder in much of tropical southern Asia from southwest Iran through India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka east to southern China and Indonesia and accidental visitor of Japan. It is an all black bird with a distinctive forked tail and measures 28 cm (11 in) in length. It feeds on insects, and is common in open agricultural areas and light forest throughout its range, perching conspicuously on a bare perch or along power or telephone lines.
The species is known for its aggressive behaviour towards much larger birds, such as crows, never hesitating to dive-bomb any bird of prey that invades its territory. This behaviour earns it the informal name of king crow. Smaller birds often nest in the well-guarded vicinity of a nesting black drongo. Previously grouped along with the African fork-tailed drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis), the Asian forms are now treated as a separate species with several distinct populations.
The black drongo is listed as least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on the IUCN Red List, due to its large range and relative commonness. It has been introduced to some Pacific islands, where it has thrived and become abundant to the point of threatening and causing the extinction of native and endemic bird species there.
Recently was on an assignment for Irfan Mirza, a friend, in Sialkot, Made this interactive tour of the Jasmine Marquee, the Decor of the venue was outclass, and the stage was even wonderful.
This is a handheld 360x180 Degree Pano, click on the link and wait for a while, zoom in for some amazing details.
Guys i em having really bad Mood from yesterday
i have crash in my Hard disk and i lost my whole data which i saved since 4 years
now i m trying to recover that but Don't know the Exactly way to recover so trying n trying
for this cause i will b away to flickr and sure catch you soon
Promise
Yasin hassan
Bar Headed Geese
at Head Maralla, Sialkot, Punjab , Pakistan
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 L USM
@ f/8 1/1250 ISO 250
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus) captured at Maralla, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan with Canon EOS 7D Mark II