THE SCALY BREASTED CUPWING
A small bird which inhabits the shrubs and rarely turns out to give a clear shot and tests you patience to show up. Normally foraging through the undergrowth of the montane forest for the needed food this tailless bird is unique enough to live to its name. 2 SEATS left for november tour also a tour in APRIL DM for details. @mandal @uttarakhand
THE CLOSE UP
The EURASIAN EAGLE OWL was sitting high up in the mountains. Though the owl generally sleeps and we didnt want to disturb its penance our hush hush talking and the loud sound of the tempo traveller made the saintly bird to open his eyes and cast a glance over us and give us a stare and say stop disturbing me and go away. I have to make great efforts at night to feed myself. As were waiting for that moment for it to open its eyes I made some images
THE DANCE OF CRANES
Unlike Humans who dance for the sheer joy of it the cranes mostly dance for 3 major reasons. 1. TO FIND A MATE ( in humans might be to impress a mate) 2. TO STRENGTHEN THE BOND BETWEEN THE PAIR. ( Also might be relevant to humans). 3. TO EXPRESS AGGRESSION AND TERROTORIALITY. Just a reference to us to make things easy to understand. So while we were clicking this pair the male suddenly started dancing. So there was no threat or any other crane other than his mate around so as per me
THE CHUKAR PARTRIDGE
If you remember the older posts/message about the chukar partridge then this is the continuation of the same. While we clicking just the neck peeping out from above the rock this daring dude/babe , cant tell who it was exactly as both males and females share the same fur , came out to give us the full frame of it. Sometimes large telephoto lenses are a disadvantage for shooting big objects at close distance. SO decided to make a vertical frame against the nice yellow and green background provided by
THE HIMALAYAN BLUE THROAT
The male of the himalayan blue throat also known as SHANKAR due to the myth as lord shiva had a blue throat while the female is less significant of all subspecies usually have just a blackish crescent on an otherwise cream throat and breast. They migrate in the winters to lower altitudes. the bird of size of a robin is very beautiful and a bit bold to come out in open and perch on the top of the trees to give you some nice shots. @SINDHU GHAT, LEH, LADAKH September 2022 With Ajit
THE BLACK NECK CRANE & JUVENILE
Finding a BLACK NECK CRANE might not be that difficult in the region of LADAKH but find one with a juvenile or chick in toe might be a bit difficult. We had heard that there is pair in the HANLE region which was seen a bit rarely with their juvenile. Trying the spot twice in the morning session without any luck we headed for it as soon as the afternoon session started. We were not only blessed by the sight of the family but also after sometime saw them