Insects in Sunlight
I almost walked past these insects that were buzzing across a shaft of sunlight, thanks to Shreeram for pointing out.
Blue Faced Malkoha
I was walking around this morning on a birding outing and was unhappy at having seen nothing interesting for more than an hour. Just when I was planning to shift base, I saw this Blue Faced Malkoha. Despite its lackluster colours, it is a beautiful and graceful bird. I haven’t seen much of this bird before, so decided to go looking for it though it went flying far off from where I was. I found it again and waited under the tree in which it hopped around. Although I was standing very close to it, this is all I could see of the bird through the branches.
I am hoping to go back and look for this bird again in the next few days. After the Malkoha flew away, I must have spent another hour or so in the vicinity and shot a few pictures of birds, insects and plants. I will be posting them in the next few days once they are processed.
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.
An Indian Cormorant.
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.