Birds- our fluffy neighbors are such adorable creatures to watch and enjoy. Their beauty is unparalleled as their feathers come in such a variety of colors. Check out their behavior, flight pattern, preying, and so on in this gallery!
The Take Off
Featured in 3rd Eye Magazine
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A Great Cormorant take off from the calm waters.
They literally run on the water surface before taking off, stretching their majestic wings and that moment is all you want!!
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A Great Cormorant take off from the calm waters.
They literally run on the water surface before taking off, stretching their majestic wings and that moment is all you want!!
Judging the New Home
Well, everyone needs a change in house. We people too buy new apartments, but these Weavers are far more efficient. A TRANSITION as I call it, depicts the Male BAYA WEAVER looking at its new house from the old one. It collects all essential raw materials from the old house to add into its new one. And after many hours of hard work, voila! Here it is.. One of the stories that I always wanted to tell..
Couple Fights!
The GREEN PIGEONS here, somewhat display the common behaviour as an Indian couple! - "The wife gets angry on the husband, the wife stays angry while not talking. And the husband keeps looking at her trying to console and understand what he has done! But still the wife loves him & can't go away from him in this vast world." Always a funny bird to Photograph. See the expressions!😃
Spear !!
Black Winged Stilt leading for finding is prey. They are very sensitive birds that can feel your presence from a distance. Stilts fly like spears and that body shape helps them in flying in speed and quick change in direction.
Angry Bird
Featured in Lonely Planet Magazine India
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Flamingoes are one of those birds which birdwatchers treat as a bliss every time. The month of March is nearly an end to their migration season when they come from far away places to make a colony and survive in comparatively pleasant places.
I was in the heart of Gandipet Lake with @bidhanchmondal , where I never ever imagined of getting this beauty and all of a sudden, my lens could capture the traditional One-Leg-Stand and I clearly knew it was my time to cover some more kilometers to go in their vicinity to capture!
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Flamingoes are one of those birds which birdwatchers treat as a bliss every time. The month of March is nearly an end to their migration season when they come from far away places to make a colony and survive in comparatively pleasant places.
I was in the heart of Gandipet Lake with @bidhanchmondal , where I never ever imagined of getting this beauty and all of a sudden, my lens could capture the traditional One-Leg-Stand and I clearly knew it was my time to cover some more kilometers to go in their vicinity to capture!
Pygmy & Me
Pygmy & Me
I was literally in cloud nine to find this inside the dense Narsapur forest range. Not only because its exotic to me but it was more due to the amazing lights that kept this miniature pecker in the natural spotlights.
It was searching for small insects and hence the inverted hanging like its gym day!
I was literally in cloud nine to find this inside the dense Narsapur forest range. Not only because its exotic to me but it was more due to the amazing lights that kept this miniature pecker in the natural spotlights.
It was searching for small insects and hence the inverted hanging like its gym day!
Sickle with Eyes
The Black Headed Ibis is one of my favourite birds of the family - the only reason being it comes in black n white and I love monochromes.
Common Greenshank
Was it too down to earth?
Master of Camouflage
Well our guide spotted it from our running gypsy from a distance and hence let me tell you the guides of the wildlife safaris are immensely trained and they have keen eyes supported by their knowledge of habitat. - presenting the camouflage expert 'Savannah Nightjar'
TATR, Maharashtra 2021
TATR, Maharashtra 2021
Sandpiper - Morning Hues
When the Sun rises up, all the birds start rolling their activities and its a crowd of winged furry friends in the lakeside. The Marsh Sandpiper was a guest in the lot and after an hour of wait, it appeared among the mists, blessed with the golden hues.
A Worm Breakfast
The woods along the beaches are heavenly for any birding squad if you get an early morning shot of 𝙃𝙖𝙬𝙠-𝘾𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙤𝙤 getting its breakfast. The shot was taken from a shrub where we were crouching just to hide ourself from the bird. They are highly homo-phobic if there is a word like that 🤔.
Leafy Bite
Inspite of all the sounds and disturbances outside, Mr. Ossy here kept on munching his breakfast. Featured in Discovery UK
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The world outside his mind seemed to be much less important than what he was busy doing.. But inside, he kept thinking - is the cruel world worth surviving?
Ostrich (Male) having a leafy meal..
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The world outside his mind seemed to be much less important than what he was busy doing.. But inside, he kept thinking - is the cruel world worth surviving?
Ostrich (Male) having a leafy meal..
Pygmy Love
The brown-capped pygmy woodpecker or Indian pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus nanus) is a species of very small woodpecker found in Nepal, India and Sri Lanka. Its basically a small brown and white woodpecker with distinctive pink-rimmed white irises. Barred brown and white above, lightly streaked dirty white below. Tail spotted white. Paler brown crown (edged red in male) and eyestripes contrasting with white supercilia and cheeks.
Gulp n Go
'Great Cormorant with Catch'
It was all a chase, wait for an hour, clinging on to the same spot after we saw from a distance that the cormorant was having its breakfast. First few shots were missed as we couldn't get on to the right spot. But then several tries to get the right light and moment. Finally a gift to ourselves that we could endeavour.
It was all a chase, wait for an hour, clinging on to the same spot after we saw from a distance that the cormorant was having its breakfast. First few shots were missed as we couldn't get on to the right spot. But then several tries to get the right light and moment. Finally a gift to ourselves that we could endeavour.
Early Morning Peek
Baya Weavers are one of the most creative ones when it comes to nesting. Their colony is usually a large one consisting more than 30 weavers. Here is one ready for flight!
So, How I shot it?
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This is an early morning shot where I was standing in front studying their behaviour, I could witness the sunlight coming angular-way, lighting up its beautiful nest where the weaver was just bout to fly away! It was a scope for a dreamy mood which I got...
So, How I shot it?
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This is an early morning shot where I was standing in front studying their behaviour, I could witness the sunlight coming angular-way, lighting up its beautiful nest where the weaver was just bout to fly away! It was a scope for a dreamy mood which I got...
Dare to Leap
Bronze Winged Jacana hopping and flying between the marshes of Hyderabad is indeed a shot to freeze
Bald n Wise
Osprey Landed
Picturing a beautiful Osprey landing on a branch.
Coot Fight
What can be more interesting than watching two Chinese Coots fight for territory, highlighted by the golden hour Sun?
The Verditer
It's mid of November and we finally found the gorgeous Verditer Flycatcher - a migratory bird from the Himalayas into the central forests of Telangana.
Probably it would stay for a few weeks & set out for southern parts!
Probably it would stay for a few weeks & set out for southern parts!
Umbrella
Wings of Fire
He rose like a gladiator, chasing the smaller fighters like his daily bread. The Marsh Harrier in its habitat shone by the little sunlight that came out from the bunch of clouds.
Angry Birds 2
A little ringed plover, who just got too much comfortable with me sitting on the muddy lake side.
Color Fantasy
The Coconut Lorikeet they are parrots of the Plains and Highlands. They are distributed by a wide variety of habitats such as mangrove forests, Moors and heathland near the coast, wooded meadows, galleries of trees, reforestation during regeneration and rainforests. They are birds sedentary, that does not prevent to do short trips looking for trees in flower. Because of these movements, populations appear to vary locally. Very gregarious, they live in pairs or in bands that can vary from a few birds to several hundred, Depending on the availability of food resources.