Birds & Photography

While I’ve always had interest in birds, I only took up their photography very recently. Far from being proficient, I still struggle with identifying them correctly. Yet, here are some images that I’ve taken over the years and hoping to get some better ones soon

 

A pair of Black Necked Storks in Bharatpur – the one facing left is the male with the black eyes

 

A white throated Kingfisher, a bird made famous by the eponymous Indian beer

A Long Tailed Shrike, also known as the Rufous Backed Shrike

A pair of Black Kites against the backdrop of the moon near Mangalore

A Short Toed Snake Eagle rests on a clump of cactus in the Thol Bird Sanctuary near Ahmedabad

A Shikra, also known as the Sparrow Hawk

A Brahminy Kite plucks a dead chicken out of the Arabian Sea backwaters

The humble Red Vented Bulbul in my front lawn

A magnificent Green Bee Eater at Thol Bird Sanctuary, Ahmedabad