Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Birds of Bangalore

Jungle Babbler



Bumble Bee

Shikra
Crested Bulbul


Common Myna


Black Kite








Purple Heron







Spotted Billed Duck


Spotted Billed Pelican
Greater Cormorant












Shikra










Greater Egret













Black Drongo

Red Backed Sea Eagle Juvenile
















Jungle Babbler

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Wild Neighborhood

There is a small wooded area near my workplace which attracts quite a number of birds. The tall trees however make birdwatching extremely difficult. Here are some that I managed.

Redbacked Sea Eagle (Brahmini Kite)

Red Backed Sea Eagle (Brahmini Kite)

Shikra / Little Banded Goshawk

Shikra / Little Banded Goshawk

Rock Pigeon

More Pictures

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Hyderabad Sojurn

What was supposed to be an Official trip turned out to be a beautiful opportunity to get close to some small birds. Here are some of the pictures... hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed clicking them... :)

Ashy Prinia or Ashy Wren-Warbler (Prinia socialis)




Thursday, March 11, 2010

Edition II


Female House Sparrow

Black Ant

Common Crow

Pond Heron

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Wild neighbourhood

Wild Life for the Armchair enthusiast.
Most of these pictures were taken in and around human habitation.


Lesser Golden Backed Woodpecker skirmishing with a Palm Squirrel over Food. (Chennai, India)

Bulbul (Chennai, India)

Bulbul Silhouette (Chennai, India)

A Jungle Babler (Chennai, India)

A Black headed Munia (Photographed in a small village in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu)

A Drongo (Pictured at Brahadeeshwara Temple, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India)

Rose Ringed Parrot (Pictured at Brahadeeshwara Temple, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India)

A Common Kingfisher (Photographed in a small village in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu)

A Snowy Egret (Photo shot at Ayikudi, Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu, India)

A Black headed Kingfisher (Photo shot at Ayikudi, Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu, India)

Ashy Prinia (Photographed at Bangalore)

A Monarch Butterfly (Photo shot at Bangalore, India)

The lull before the Storm. The crow contemplates its strategy before the attack!! (Kolkata, India)

A la Kamikaze pilots; a common crow launches itself to attack me. (Kolkata, India)

A Brahminy Myna (Kolkata, India)