Indian Birds Photography

Friday, February 25, 2011

[BirdPhotoIndia] Female Pallid Harrier

A very old image from my archives...

Species : Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Location : Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Equipment : Canon 30D 300mm F/4 + 2x converter
Date : Jan 26, 2008

Thanks and Regards
Nitin S

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[BirdPhotoIndia] Common shelduck in henry.

Hi all,

posting 2 record shots of 5 common shelducks in henry island on 7th jan 20011.

regards,

jayanta

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[BirdPhotoIndia] A Black-capped kingfisher from henry island.

Hi all,

I found him in Henry island on 9th jan 2011.

It's a really tough one to get good photos.

regards,

jayanta

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Thursday, February 24, 2011

(delhibirdpix) Grey Indian Hornbill

This beautiful Hornbill came to my home in a flightless condition .Kept it for a week fed it on fruits and supplied water It recovered soon but was not able to fly I tried to release it many times in a wild but it was falling again and again on the ground.Finally I handed over it to Delhi Zoo. If any one gets this bird next time at home you can feed it fruits but its dropping is a real problem It kept me busy for changing its diapers very frequently (New Paper Cuttings) .But am happy that it survived.
BR
SP

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(delhibirdpix) Plum Headed Parakeet Pair

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[BirdPhotoIndia] Heron and Egrets

Hi,

A Great Egret, a Western Reef Egret and a Grey Heron seemed to be enjoying the afternoon breeze at the sea beach.

Shot at Mandavi,GRK,India on 26.12.10

Regards,

Maitreyee

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[BirdPhotoIndia] A Grey Heron

Hi,

A Grey Heron at Mandavi sea coast,GRK shot in the afternoon on 26.12.10.

Regards,

Maitreyee

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[BirdPhotoIndia] White-vented Myna

20th February 2011 at Dibrugarh, Assam.

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[BirdPhotoIndia] A Great Egret

Hi,

A Great Egret with fully stretched neck...on our way to Mandovi,GRK shot on 26.12.2010

Thanks,

Maitreyee

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[BirdPhotoIndia] Stilt And Egret

Hi,

A Black-winged Stilt and a Western Reef Egret sharing the same wetland , on our way to Mandovi sea coast, India.

The pictures were shot on 26th Dec,2010.

Thanks,

Maitreyee

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[BirdPhotoIndia] Black-winged Stilt (Juv)

Hi,

These images of a thirsty Black-winged Stilt (juv) were taken at a wet land on our way to the sea coast at Mandavi in Greater Rann of Kutch in India on 26th Dec 2010.

Thanks,

Maitreyee

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Thursday, February 17, 2011

(delhibirdpix) pong birds 2011

Good Morning

Pong birds estimation abstract is attached.

Regards

-ddsingh-

Re: (delhibirdpix) Fwd: Pic attached: which bird is this?

A juvenile Oriole.

Regards,

Saurabh

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:30 AM, sameer singh <postboxsameer@gmail.com> wrote:

would appreciate ID...
photo forwarded by my friend.

regards

sameer

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From: Jagat <jagatr@gmail.com>

Date: 17 February 2011 5:24:19 AM GMT+05:30

To: sameer singh <postboxsameer@gmail.com>

Subject: Pic attached: which bird is this?

Attaching pic....this should help.

J

On 15 February 2011 17:37, sameer singh <postboxsameer@gmail.com> wrote:

sorry link is not opening...

On 15-Feb-11, at 11:49 AM, Jagat wrote:

identification please!

J<Facebook.html>

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

(delhibirdpix) Revised Teams list and participants

Herewith the revised team lists and participants.

This will be updated periodically

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(delhibirdpix) Big Bird Day final Tally

Dear all

A small team of volunteers have been working hard for the last few
days to compile the final team. The excel sheet is attached and the
total now stands at a very creditable 240. This is the second highest
record in the short but colourful history of the Delhi BBD, but falls
far short that the all time record of 271 birds of 13th March 2005.

If any one needs clarification, pl contact me directly.

I have also attached a second file giving the names of all
participants as per the information available with me. Many more
people took part whose names are not with me, and if the find your
names missing, pl contact me, so I can add it to our records

This file also mentions the others teams that joined delhibird, from
different parts of India and abroad. The number of birds seen by them
is given in brackets.

I now would like to thank every participant and well-wisher for making
this years BBD the success it was. Great work by all.
Next year let us strive to make it even bigger!

The best to all

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(delhibirdpix) Fwd: Pic attached: which bird is this?

would appreciate ID...

photo forwarded by my friend.

regards

sameer

Begin forwarded message:

From: Jagat <jagatr@gmail.com>
Date: 17 February 2011 5:24:19 AM GMT+05:30
To: sameer singh <postboxsameer@gmail.com>
Subject: Pic attached: which bird is this?

Attaching pic....this should help.

J

On 15 February 2011 17:37, sameer singh <postboxsameer@gmail.com> wrote:

sorry link is not opening...

On 15-Feb-11, at 11:49 AM, Jagat wrote:

identification please!

J<Facebook.html>

Monday, February 14, 2011

[BirdPhotoIndia] Bird Species Count at CKBS- 13th Feb,2011

Hi Sumit da.

I am attaching the excel-sheet containing the bird count at CKBS on 13Feb 2011.

Me and Debarshi started birdwatching at CKBS from 7.45am and stayed there till 11.30am.

The total number of species spotted was 47. But it will be 45 if the two unidentified species are excluded from the list. One was a raptor that was soaring in the sky. Debarshi who had taken a shot of that bird would post the image for ID soon. ...and the other bird was a flycatcher which was probably a Red-throated Flycatcher.

regards

Shantanu & Debarshi : )

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Sunday, February 13, 2011

(delhibirdpix) (karkala , karnataka ) bird list - BBD 2011

Excel sheet is attached.

Shiva

India Pitta
Orange-headed Thrush
Palm swifts
Jungle Babbler
Rofous babbler
Bronzed Drongo
Racket tailed drongo
Ashy drongo
Tailor Bird
Grey breasted prinia
Blyth’s reed warbler
Red rumped swallows
Black-naped Monarch
Common Iora
Crested Serpent Eagle
Black-rumped Flameback
Heart Spotted woodpeck
Scaly breasted Munias
Magpie Robin
Blue rock pigeon
White browed wagtail
Purple rumped sunbird
Crimson backed sunbird
Loten’s sunbird
White cheeked Barbet
Rofous tree pie
Asian fairy blue bird
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red vented Bulbul
Shikra
Crested gowshak
House crow
Asia open bill stork
Cattle egret
Intermediate egret
Grey jungle fowl (call heard)
Malabar hornbill (call heard)
Lesser whistling teal
Purple moorhen
Bronze winged jacana
White breasted Water hen
Greater coucal
Malabar parakeet
Spotted dove
Malabar whistling thrush (call heard)
Asian brown flycatcher
Brown breasted flycatcher
Common myna
Jungle myna
Pale billed flowepecker
Black kite
Brahminy kite

(delhibirdpix) Manipal bird list - BBD 2011

A total of 106 species. Excel file attached, and a detailed report will be submitted later.

From Manipal, Karnataka, India.

Cheers!
Ramit

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[BirdPhotoIndia] Bird count

Sumitda,

Please find attached as an .xls worksheet my bird species count for today, 13th February 2011.

I started (rather inadvertantly) at 0445 hours (thats when I saw 3 spotted owlets from the balcony) and I stopped at 1545.hours

My count is 44 species. Mostly the usual suspects. One Flycatcher (Red Throated ?) and a Warbler (Blyths' Reed ?) I am not too sure.
So the confirmed count would stand at 42 species.

Regards,

Arijit

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

[BirdPhotoIndia] Brown Shrike

Brown Shrike (First Winter?)

Patuli, Kolkata, India

6 February 2011

Pentax K5, Pentax DA L 55-300mm

Arijit Banerjee

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(delhibirdpix) BBD 13 Feb 11 list on 10 Feb

Dear All,
The mail was delayed for two days on my computer.
Today all the mail has been downloaded and the list with 102 names with 4
cancellations is attached. Please go through the list to see that the names
are not duplicated.
If any error do mention the sr no in the list

Vijay

[BirdPhotoIndia] Printable Pocket Checklist for BigBirdDay

Hi All,

Here is a 2 page updated Kolkata city checklist for BBDay saved in Microsoft Excel.

Cheers!

Sumit

Sumit K Sen
Kolkata, India
www.kolkatabirds.com

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Monday, February 7, 2011

[BirdPhotoIndia] Red-crested Pochards, and some memories

Let me tell you of an erstwhile pot-hunter who lived in memory of a world where shooting was allowed, where Pintails and Red-crested Pochards abounded the lakes and marshes, and the forests were full of Green Pigeons and Kaleej. He spent the greater part of his life in Indo-Nepal terai of north-western Bihar – the region around Valmiki National Park and Saraiya Man – a wetland which is now an IBA site. Though he occasionally shot one for the table, I have no doubt that he loved the birds and the forest and the marshes. Even after he had to give up shooting he made sure that he passed on his love. He was never a birdwatcher – but I started learning of birds and forests and nature with him.

He had the misfortune of having to spend the last few years of his life in Kolkata where the lack of wide open spaces disturbed him. His confinement made him somewhat apathetical to life. But he liked seeing my pictures, and hearing stories – of how I saw the Kaleej run and the Pochards fly and the Sambar stand still in evening light. He warned me of Leopards.

A couple of years back I took him to an awareness camp that we hold every year at Santragachi. He liked seeing the ducks again, but expressed frustration about the disorganized state of affairs – about the abundance of telescopes and the complete lack of .22 shotguns. But that was said in jest and he liked what we were doing. He sat there for long, watching the ducks.

My father died on 30^th January - last Sunday. It was a sudden, unexpected, quiet and peaceful death. He did not believe in afterlife and neither do I, but I know of the kind of world he would like to find himself in – similar to the one in which he lived for most of his life.

This is one of the last pictures that I showed him. He liked it and mentioned that the males seem to be around a kilogram and a quarter each.

Red-crested Pochards, Gajoldoba, 9^th Jan, 2011.

Cheers,

Arka S

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Sunday, February 6, 2011

(delhibirdpix) BBD 13 Feb 11

The list as on 7 Feb 11 at 1300hrs.

Check your names. Ion case of cancellation we must have that be tomorrow as
the list for the dinner has to be finalised. No cancellation after that.
Money would have top be paid as the dinner would be ordered.

Vijay

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

[BirdPhotoIndia] Ferruginous Pochards - Oxbow Lake, Purbasthali

Ferruginous Pochards - Oxbow Lake, Purbasthali, West Bengal
30th Jan 2011

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[BirdPhotoIndia] Big Bird Day: Kolkata Cjecklist word and excel files

Hi Folks,

I am uploading the checklist files modified for the BBDAY for those who want to use either. They can also be downloaded from Birds of India at:

http://www.kolkatabirds.com/kolkata_clist_2011.doc

http://www.kolkatabirds.com/Kolkata_clist_2011.xls

Cheers!

Sumit

Sumit K Sen
Kolkata, India
www.kolkatabirds.com

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Friday, January 21, 2011

(delhibirdpix) Fwd: [birds-pix] The King of Birds

A Self Explanatory image on Migration of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds across the Gulf of Mexico sent to me by my birding friend from Arizona.

Cheers.

Anand Arya

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From: Pete Moulton <moultonpj@yahoo.com>
Date: 21 January 2011 5:28:48 PM GMT+05:30
To: Anand Arya - GMail <anandswarooparya@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [birds-pix] The King of Birds

Interesting picture and good story, Anand. It reminds me of the old tale about how Ruby-throated Hummingbirds manage their long migration across the Gulf of Mexico (attached).

Cheers,
Pete

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From: Anand Arya - GMail <anandswarooparya@gmail.com>
Subject: [birds-pix] The King of Birds
To:
Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 9:40 PM

A Long-legged Buzzard gave good views at Dadri Wetlands on 16th almost
right at the start and also as we were winding down but was being
harassed by crows. One Crow, I think is literally perched on the
Buzzard.

A House Crow enjoying a ride on the back of a Buzzard.

This one reminds me of a story I used to be told years ago.
Panchtantra ? Not sure. The story goes something like this:

The Birds decided to choose a king. Every one threw their feather in
the ring. Finally, some elders set the criteria - whoever flies
highest and longest, would be crowned king. Next morning at Sun-rise,
every one took off. Who else to fly highest and longest but the Bird
of Prey. Everyone else got tired and came back except the Bird of Prey
who came down tired as the Sun went down and just as everyone was
applauding, the House Sparrow was seen flying high. The issue was
settling but it was difficult to accept the tiny Sparrow as King.
When the Sparrow finally settled down and every one started to rise,
the Sparrow raised hand asking for quiet. Sparrow then declined to
be the King. On questioning, she admitted to playing smart indicating
that even though she was the highest flying and longest in the air and
off ground, she can only accept a lesser position since she achieved
the feat by riding the back of the King who indeed was a Bird of Prey.
She bacame the Prime Minister.

Cheers.

Anand Arya
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NOIDA 201301
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

[BirdPhotoIndia] Scarlet Backed Flowerpecker at Barrackpore

Scarlet Backed Flowerpecker at Barrackpore.jpg

2nd January 2011, at Jawaharkunj Garden, Barrackpore

Happy Birding..!!!!!!!
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Monday, January 10, 2011

(delhibirdpix) bird count

bhatti nangal

Saturday, January 8, 2011

[BirdPhotoIndia] Indian Roller

Hello,

Shot this at Bosipota, Hoogly, West Bengal on 26.12.2010.

Looks like a Indian Roller_Coracias benghalensis affinis to me.

Please confirm.

Thanks in advance,

Pradipta Bagchi

(delhibirdpix) Fwd: White-crowned Penduline Tit

Yes, Stefan. I would go for Penduline Tit.

Since 2001, when my regular visits to OBP commenced, these birds were seen only in Feb 2006.

Cheers.

Anand Arya

P.S.

The images were taken by Stefan on 23rd, if I remember correctly.

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From: "Helming, Stefan GIZ IN" <stefan.helming@giz.de>
Date: 8 January 2011 3:56:29 PM GMT+05:30
To: "Anand Arya " <anandswarooparya@gmail.com>
Subject: White-crowned Penduline Tit

Dear Anand,
These are the pictures I mentioned this morning.
Best regards' and thanks for the breakfast,

Stefan Helming

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Re: [BirdPhotoIndia] A stretching Greylag Goose

A lovely image.

have a very fulfilling 2011.

Arijit

On 4 January 2011 23:48, supriyo samanta <drsupriyosamanta@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi folks,
Fresh from my first download of CF card in 2011,taken at Lake no.1 of Ballavpur WLS, Shantiniketan,W.B.This Greylag Goose was with another 200 one and few Lesser Whisting Teal and Cotton Pygmy Goose.
cheers and a very HAPPY NEW YEAR HAPPY BIRDING.
Dr.Supriyo Samanta

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