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Indian Cormorant, Bay backed shrike and breakfast!

Posted here are last of the images from last birding session. It is always nice to see birds gulping their prey.

This cormorant was fishing along with a bunch of its friends. Each time they went in, they would come back with a fish struggling between the beaks. Also read my commentary of watching a cormorant hunt in the water. They are very swift swimmers.

indian cormorate

An Indian Cormorant.


bay backed shrike

Bay backed shrike

We watched this shrike sitting on a short perch and looking around. It flew out and came back with this centipede (or whatever worm it is) so fast, it must have taken less than a second. The centipede struggled for another 5 seconds before it was consumed.

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Black Kites

black kites

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Black Drongo

This black drongo let us come very close to it. We waited next to it and watched it for a few minutes. It flew out of the perch once, probably to catch an insect, but came back without getting any. A few seconds later it called out twice and took off to another perch faraway.

black drongo