The great barbet is the biggest in size of all its cousins in the barbet family and so is called the great barbet. A common bird with a voracious appetite can be seen at the foothills and mid levels of the himalayas. Interested in making images of this beautiful bird then join us on the tour to SATTAL PANGOT in the month of FEBRUARY and APRIL

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 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

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

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