Category: birds
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Organizing and participating in mangrove based tourism can land you in trouble
Encroaching in to the mangrove forests is legally banned. Avoid all boating and kayaking going near the mangrove forests around kagamakkudy and kochi and for that matter anywhere in India can invite huge penalties and even imprisonment.
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Lesser whistling duck
The lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica), also known as Indian whistling duck or lesser whistling teal, is a species of whistling duck that breeds in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. They are nocturnal feeders that during the day may be found in flocks around lakes and wet paddy fields. They can perch on trees and sometimes build their nest in the hollow…
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The common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) sighted today at Valiya Kadamakkudy
The common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) sighted at Valiya Kadamakkudy today
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A long shot to perfection
Capture the scene or wait for perfection. As far as I am concerned, capture the scene, even if it is an imperfect shot is better than waiting for the perfect to happen on the first go itself. This is my first attempt to capture a bird in flight with a hand held telephoto lens…
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At it again..the agony, ecstasy ..of bird photography
All geared up for bird photography again. Ever since I lost my two zoom lenses, I was keeping away from bird photography for a while. Now I am back at it, definitely not with a bang. I started very late, that is my 11:30 am to be precise. The weather was very warm and the…