Some birds from India

vandana

I recently returned from India after a 3 week vacation with loads of pictures including some cool birds. Most are still to be prcessed, but here are some..
It was actually not considered 'good' season as the migratory birds had all left by Feb !

The painted stork -



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a glossy Ibis



a purple swamphen ( I hope I'm not making these names up )



a red-wattled lapwing



Sarus Crane



a parakeet



thanks for looking !

Vandana

Awais Yaqub

Vandana these are stunning 1st one is WOW

which part of India is this ?

vandana

thanks, Awais ! Most of these are from the Bharatpur bird sanctuary, and Okhla - in North India - the 1st in Rajasthan, about 3-4 hrs, and the other about 1 hr from New Delhi. I'd imagine you have similar birding ops in Pakistan ?

Some of my other Bharatpur pics at http://vandana.smugmug.com/gallery/1415151 and Okhla at
http://vandana.smugmug.com/gallery/1413693

Vandana

Osprey Whisperer

Pretty cool. vandana. Thanks for sharing. That first bird looks like he belongs in my backyard.

Awais Yaqub

vandana wrote:

thanks, Awais ! Most of these are from the Bharatpur bird sanctuary, and Okhla - in North India - the 1st in Rajasthan, about 3-4 hrs, and the other about 1 hr from New Delhi. I'd imagine you have similar birding ops in Pakistan ?

Some of my other Bharatpur pics at http://vandana.smugmug.com/gallery/1415151 and Okhla at
http://vandana.smugmug.com/gallery/1413693

Vandana

Thanks great birds
i dont know about birds in Pakistan infact i have not travelled pakistan much planning to do that after exams :

Thusie

Wonderful shots Vandana, very cool birds

riddim_maker

It must be refreshing to get out and experience other countries with their cultures, customs and, of course, flora and fauna. I really appreciate you sharing these (for me at least) exotic birds.

Harryb

Excellent shots. Its interesting to see the similarities with the birds in the US and the differences especially in the coloring.

KAM

Terrific shots
Very cool.....beautiful birds
KAM

Zoom Raider

All very nice. Favorite is the Parakeet. I use to have Parakeets as a child.:

vandana

Bird Man Photographer wrote:

Pretty cool. vandana. Thanks for sharing. That first bird looks like he belongs in my backyard.

thanks a lot Mike! Considering the weather in Florida and India are quite alike, It's just a matter of time( a very long Darwinian sortof time !) before they're in your backyard !

Osprey Whisperer

vandana wrote:

thanks a lot Mike! Considering the weather in Florida and India are quite alike, It's just a matter of time( a very long Darwinian sortof time !) before they're in your backyard !

We could speed this up. Next time you are there...bring me back a few birds.

jwear

thanks very nice -great looking at birds from around the world

jwear

thanks very nice -great looking at birds from around the world

dallas

Thanks for effort putting these together to share with us on D-grin. They all are excellent exposures and good choices to show us the many different birds from around the world; my favorite being the swamphen. Looking forward to seeing more.

vandana

thanks a lot everybody for looking and the comments !
Harry - yeah, that struck me too especially when I saw a black-necked stilt yesterday out here - exactly the same in India ; they have the rest -the egrets, the blue herons ( they call 'em grey, but they look very similar), the night heron etc. well, no bald eagle there ... purely american ?! it's quite interesting !