Camouflage Lunch! With an Indian Magpie! My first effort ...

mepaparazzi

Camouflage Lunch!
With an Indian Magpie!

My first effort ...

The magpie is a pretty active bird and is rarely still!

Also the fact that this fella lives on a giant Eucalyptus does not help!

Check the first pic closely ... :rolleyes



You will NOT SPOT the magpie here ... :rolleyes:uhoh

Now the host arrives ... :tiptoe



Yes! Please look hard and you will find ... :rolleyes:nod

Complete gallery with all the big, original images
(in no particular order)
are here
at http://mepaparazzi.smugmug.com/gallery/4048882

Your feedback on my debut effort is most welcome! :thumb

Thanks friends! :bow

Maestro

Wow! What a handsome bird. I thought magpies were black and white. I've learned something new. I had to go to your gallery to find it. It took me a while but I definitely saw it (in the last frame) .

CookieS

OK, Im blind, i see the same image twice. must be real good camoflage

Phyxius

CookieS wrote:

OK, Im blind, i see the same image twice. must be real good camoflage

Go to the left hand side of the image. Midway down. Slowly travel toward the middle of the picture. Just before midway you'll see a green bird, with a brighter green face and a reddish/brown crown, with a black stripe and what appears to be a yellow mark on his head. He's looking down. He is right where the two branches start to seperate.

OP, gorgeous bird!!

mepaparazzi

Thanks Phyxius, CookieS & Maestro!

Thanks Phyxius for the directions in detail!

I can understand your exasperation CookieS and actually did not want to
give this away because the beauty of this 'handsome bird',
I felt was in the awesome camouflage ...



Any case I hope this pic helps ...

Maestro more about this bird here
I am no expert on birds but I hope I have called this handsome
fella by the right name!

Thanks for the comments friends!

Maestro

No, you are correct, but from your link I can see why I wasn't familiar with it. It is from Tibet and India! Was the photo taken at a zoo or did you take this picture in Tibet or India?

leaforte

Natures camouflage is amazing. Is that a eucalyptus tree?

mepaparazzi

Thanks again Maestro & leaforte!

Maestro got this birdy In Pune, India which is where I live!

Yes indeed leaforte, looks like the eucalyptus and this birdy are made for
each other!

BigAl

Very nicely done! Good camo too - I had to go to the last pic to find it!

It's definitely some kind of bee-eater, rather than the magpie you suggest. Maybe this one?
http://www.haryana-online.com/Fauna/Birds/blue_tailed_green_bee_eater.htm

Here is one of the South African bee-eaters:
http://bigal-sa.smugmug.com/gallery/1545869#P-7-12

mepaparazzi

Thanks BigAl!

Yes indeed you have a point!
It seems to be a bee eater after all - as this link strongly suggests!
{http://www.birding.in/birds/Coraciiformes/Meropidae/little_green_bee-eater.htm}

Let me reiterate that I am NOT an expert on birds in any way!
But I like this birdy, very energetic and colorful!

After I shot them not a single one has been spotted!
Waiting for them to come back!
Had managed to catch one in flight though.



Take a look ... love the way they dart across!

Maestro

mepaparazzi wrote:

Thanks again Maestro & leaforte!

Maestro got this birdy In Pune, India which is where I live!

Yes indeed leaforte, looks like the eucalyptus and this birdy are made for
each other!

Can't wait to see more from the beautiful birds you have in India whether it be magpies or bee-eaters.