Sunday, March 14, 2010

Redvented bulbul

An other sub species in Bulbul family very active

Coppersmith Barbet - Acrobatic

I am posting one more capture of this Coppersmith (one of my favourite bird),I just enjoy its acrobatic skills

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Oriental Skylark

A Oriental Skylark in aggressive mood trying to chase away other birds from picking area.

Bay-backed Shrike

An ellusive bird mostattractive and colorful from Shrike family

Indian Roller

I personally like this bird for its beautiful color, I will post more photos of this extreamly shy bird sooner.

Coppersmith - Barbet


Coppersmith is a smallest bird from Barbet family also very colorful. The bird is making a hole (like Woodpeckers) in the tree to make a nest.


Thursday, March 11, 2010

Tailor Bird

A very small bird but a beauty to watch and to hear. It makes a sack by sewing up leaves and lay eggs in it, hence the name.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Grey Wagtail - Female

A Breeding Yellow wagtail looking for pickings on the shore of a lake

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Friday, February 26, 2010

Common Kestral

A migratory bird, very agile and active. Usually fly very close to the ground looking for prey.

Great Thick knee

A migratory bird can be seen, in and around rivers and ponds


Red Munia



A very rare spicies of Munia birds, here you can see a Red Munia collecting some soft material for its next.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Pied Kingfisher

One more Kingfisher type, my long wait to capture this bird was over as I got a very good chance to go very close to this bird recently..... what a treat

Monday, February 22, 2010

Scaly breasted Munia

A beautiful common bird in and around agricultural fields especially their presnce is common where there is good crop or near seeding plants

Bee Eater pair

A pair of Bee Eaters giving me a curious look

Red Wiskered Bulbul

A beautiful bird on of my favourite even though it is very common it is too shy to be spotted.

Bee Eater on a windy day

A lone Bee eater resting on a twig ... you can see the heavy wind is blowing the feather

Little Blue Kingfisher

A kingfisher with its catch trying to shy away from my camera

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Monday, December 21, 2009

White Browed Wagtail

A beautiful bird mostly seen on the groundlevel picking small inspects.

Ashy Prinia

A small bird with big beautiful voice. Live in thick vegitation and can hear the singing more often than can be seen

Bushchat - Male

A small bird, which is common if you have a keen eyes. Always noicy and will be around bushes comes out to catch up with early morning sun.

Lesser Coucal

A beutiful yet very shy bird, easy to spot which do not fly for long. This Coucal ussually hopes from a bush to bush

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Indian Robin

This is a beautiful small bird can be seen in low level bushes and shrubs. Very active and it can be seen in arid landscapes with thick shrubs and bushes.

Black-rumped flameback (Woodpecker)

This has a very bright feather on its head as if the head is on fire especially in the morning light. This has been designed to ward off predators, can be seen in early hours in wooded areas.

Rufous tailed Shrike

Brown Shrike is a noisy bird, easily heard or can be seen. Morning calls are very loud and continuous, with patiance and stealth we can see this bird around the bushes where the calling is heard.

Silverbill

Indian Silverbill, an uncommon species of bird can be seen in watary fronts and fields.

Kingfisher

This is one of the most beautiful and colorful bird that can be seen on almost all parts of land near to water bodies.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Bee Eater

These colorful birds can be seen in less inhabitted areas and also where there is presence of natural greenary

Desert Wabler


Very tiny bird and not so common, can be seen in greener parts of land.

Baya Weaver Bird - Male


A beautiful small bird, very common in rural areas and can not be seen much around heavily populated areas.

Sunbird - Grey back


An other common bird, we can see mostly in gardens where there are good quantity of flower and bushes. Small, Beautiful, noicy and very active

Barbet

A very shy bird, can be seen also in Bangalore where there is greenary that includes some residential areas as well. Very beautiful and mostly invisible due to its color.

Tailor Bird

A very common type of bird yet beautiful in its color. Very small and very active, if you have patiance to watch this bird, it will revard you with very sweet vocal sound