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Friday, January 28, 2011

why it is referred as Love birds always? These babblers found in passionate love in Ahmedabad city, see next few pics


Why do you think Young lovers are called Love birds? Probably when it comes to Love birds are very passionate about it. Birds ,many of them always fly or seen in pairs, and work together and are always together. I happen to be peeping Tom for the love making of these babblers on an evening in science city,Ahmedabad. So intense was their love ,I even forgot to take pictures and when I decided to shoot some pictures it was almost over. The light ,distance were not in favour of a good picture , even my companion telephoto lens was not at hand ,still could capture some of the moments!


Thursday, January 13, 2011

Little Rann of Kutch






Little Rann of Kutch,Gujarat:
It was almost one year back that I read an article in Better Photography featuring a wildlife photographer and an environmentalist Sri Devjibhai Dhamecha .In this article there was vivid description of a place called Little Rann of Kutch and how Devjibhai is concerned about protecting ecology of the region. So this was how I came to know of a place called Little Rann of Kutch ( LRK as it will be referred hereafterwards). In the month of August  I registered for APICON 2011 at Ahmedabad and then started searching net for LRK .Surprisingly though Rann of Kutch is a large area including some regions of adjoining Pakistan,  the part of it known as LRK is easily accessible and not quite far from Ahmedabad. It was then that I decided to take a break during conference and visit LRK. After a quick study on net I zeroed in on Eco camp of Devjibhai Dhamecha as the place to stay and explore LRK. ( By this time I had long forgotten about the better photography article ).
LRK is a part of Rann of Kutch which is divided into larger part Great Rann of Kutch and an adjoining smaller part Little Rann of Kutch.Rann is a saline desert which is a seasonal saline marsh land. During mansoon tidal water from sea flow into this desert marshland making it into a large shallow lake. In the middle of this flatland there are several (nearly 300) elevated lands called Bet which become small islands when lands get submerged. The desert animals take shelter in these bets during rainy season.LRK merges with Great Rann . Large part of Great Rann is probited for civilian entry and is used by army and the area also borders Pakistan . LRK on the otherhand is under forest dept of gujarat and is a wild life sanctuary.When the rains subside and water receeds this large area becomes barren and desert with thousands of sqare kms of barren saline marsh land . Threre are few wetland at LRK where many migratory birds flock in winter.  ( To be contd.)

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Spotted Munias in Groups
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Green Flycatcher
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Green Fly catcher
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Acrobatics of a purple sunbird bird !! It is building its nest by weaving and joining leaves,caught a spider which was incidentally weaving its web!!


Purple sunbird catching a spider!

Birds



Red whiskered Bulbul : You must have seen book by Poorna Chandra Tejaswi where he has narrated with beautiful photos of birds sitting on same branch of dry tree at different times and days! I have taken a leaf out of that book and working on how in such a small place like my house backyard with one sinle small tree can attract and harbour birds of different types!

Yellow Sunbird



Yellow Sunbird:

Spotted Munia


Spotted Munia

Spotted Munia


Spotted Munia

Yellow Sunbird



Yellow Sunbird : same spot as earlier

Spotted Munia


Spotted munia : A bird of class sparrow spotted behind my house ,on same lemon tree branch

green leaf wrabbler



Green Leaf Wrabbler: Many feel birds are not seen in towns and are residents of villages and forests. But the fact is they are everywhere! This beautiful bird Green Leaf Wrabbler I spotted on the dry branch of lemon tree just behind my home in the heart of town Shimoga. The dry branch is a common factor in many posts I have posted here. Only the birds change from time of day to season of year!

Common Tailor Bird- Tiny beauty!!


Common Tailorbird: