This May I took a trip to Kausani and Almora essentially to
mountain-gaze and bird-watch. Most delightful activities if you have
such a proclivity, ofcourse. The essential tool of the trade being a
decent camera, because even if you have a 6 by 6 vision you still need
to see the tiny birds through a lens to truly appreciate the amazing
variety, colour and intricacy of patterns that nature has created.
These are the more uncommon birds which I managed to capture on my camera.
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RUFOUS BELLIED NILTAVA
niltava sundara 18 cm
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VERDITER FLYCATCHER
eumyias thalassina 16 cm
ORIENTAL TURTLE DOVES
streptopelia orientalis 33 cm
GREEN BACKED TIT
Parus monticolus 12.5 cm
GREY-HEADED CANARY FLYCATCHER
culicicapa ceylonensis 13 cm
ABERRANT BUSH WARBLER
cettia flavolivacea 12 cm
BAR-TAILED TREECREEPER
certhia himalayana 12 cm
GREY BUSH CHAT
saxicola ferrea 15 cm
WHITE GORGETED FLYCATCHER (FEMALE)
ficedula monileger 13 cm
JUNGLE PRINIA
prinia sylvatica 13 cm
RUSSET SPARROW
passer rutilans 14.5 cm
ULTRAMARINE FLYCATCHER
ficedula superciliaris 12 cm
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| ULTRAMARINE FLYCATCHER (female) |
FULVOUS BREASTED WOODPECKER
dendrocopus macei 18-19 cm
GREY HEADED WOODPECKER (FEMALE)
picus canus 32 cm
HIMALAYAN BULBUL
pycnonotus leucotis 20 cm
BLUE WHISTLING THRUSH
myophonus caeruleus 33 cm
GREY WINGED BLACKBIRD
turdus boulboul 28 cm
COMMON HOOPOE
upupa epops 31 cm
SHIKRA
accipiter badius 30-36 cm
BLACK THROATED TIT
Aegithalos concinnus 10.5 cm
RED BILLED BLUE MAGPIE
urocissa erythrorhyncha 65-68 cm
GREAT BARBET
Megalaima virens 33
cms
We found this great big bird with its loud, monotonous call,
present wherever we went, all over the hills. It gives the appearance of a
dowdy, ungainly bird but once I saw it in my camera frame, we were chasing it
with a vengeance. Unbelievable colours! Definitely the high point of our trip was seeing this bird up close.
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| Still trying to correctly ID this Babbler |
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| House Martins |
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| House Martin chicks nesting in Tara's shop |
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| A new nest at our Kausani Hotel |
Please see the interesting bugs and butterflies here.
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I wish i was into bird watching when i last visited Kausani ... it would have been a completely different experience.
ReplyDeleteSumeet nothing is lost. Go again. I never tire of going to the Himalayas, bad leg notwithstanding.
DeleteScrolled n over,ended so fast.like a mountain brook,beautiful.It took about10 days n lot's of patience. Can read it a no.of times.
ReplyDelete10 days ended too soon too.
DeleteIt is a tough job to catch so many birds on camera Sumita..you did that very well....such a great variety of them....
ReplyDeleteYou are telling me! That is why some of them are a little hazy - too far, too small, too active and they have no idea about lighting!
DeleteJohn Peters has commented:
ReplyDelete"Great work. Seen all of it through your lens. Keep it up Ma'am".
Thank you so much for your appreciative comment. By the way, your bird photographs which we see on FB are excellent studies of Avifauna, by themselves.
DeleteJohn Peters has commented:
Delete"Really many rare birds watched through mam's lens, thanks and congrats."
Maggie Ksing has commented:
ReplyDelete"Sumita, you've really clicked beautiful birdie pictures".
Thank you Maggie. Its the new camera lens that I have been using.
DeleteMaggie Ksing has commented:
Delete"Vvery pretty flowers and very pretty beetles, some look like little brooches".
Jayashree Mukherjee has commented:
ReplyDelete"Wonderful ! Nature never ceases to amaze you .Enjoyed seeing the birds" .
It is indeed so. Thank you Boudi for your appreciation.
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