Bird of the Day: Blue-capped Rock Thrush (Outskirts of Bangalore, Karnataka)
Nature Photography
Bird of the Day: Himalayan Griffon
Near Bagdogra, West Bengal
Bird of the Day: Crested Hawk Eagle with Myna kill
Kabini Backwaters, Karnataka
Bird of the Day: Jamaican Tody
Cockpit Country, Jamaica
Bird of the Day: Eastern Phoebe (Okaloosa Holding Ponds, Florida)
Bird of the Day: River Terns (Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka)
Bird of the Day: Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
male
Bheemeshwari, Karnataka
Kuttanad – “the rice bowl of Kerala”
If you are like me, you enjoy the fresh air, green scenic views and appreciate a variety of cultures. Kuttanand, south of Cochin is a promising destination with its rich rice picking culture and its backwater systems. It also offers diverse species of animals, especially birds which can easily be spotted due to the open landscape.
Next on my Kerala bucket list!
(photo credits: Keralatourism.org)
Bird of the Day: Short-tailed Hawk (Xandari Resort, Costa Rica)
Bird of the Day: Malabar Grey Hornbill
Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Kerala
Canopy Feeding
We were on our first Sunday outing of the new year at Hebbal Lake in Bangalore. Towards the end of the birding session, we stopped to click pictures of a little Egret and an Intermediate Egret.
The Intermediate Egret was busy preening for a very long time. As we enjoyed watching it, there was one another interesting behaviour that I got to record – “Canopy feeding”. Continue reading
Bird of the Day: Common Kingfisher
Ranganthittu, Karnataka
Bird of the Day: Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Atlanta, Georgia)
Bird of the Day: Rose Ringed Parakeet
Daroji Bear Sanctuary, Karnataka
Bird of the Day: Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher (Nandi Hills, Karnataka)
Bird of the Day: Crested Guan
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Bird of the Day: Golden Oriole
female – Sakaleshpura, Karnataka
Bird of the Day: Laughing Dove
Chitradurga District, Karnataka
Bird of the Day: Blue-tailed Bee-eaters (Mysore, Karnataka)
Bird of the Day: Painted Spurfowl – female
Daroji Bear Sanctuary, Karnataka
