Sep 26
by Admin in Bangalore 0 comments tags: Alwan, art, Avian, Bangalore, Bird, birds, black shouldered kite, black winged kite, Digitalfrescos, kite, Nikkor, Nikkor 500, Nikon, Nikon D500

Bed of Thorns – 3

This is the third of the series of images of this event. The overall sequence was about 74 images and Nikon D500 was absolutely amazing where it captured the entire sequence without a miss and not once did it struggle for Buffer.
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Sep 26
by Admin in Bangalore 0 comments tags: Alwan, art, Avian, Bangalore, Bird, birds, black shouldered kite, black winged kite, Digitalfrescos, kite, Nikkor, Nikkor 500, Nikon, Nikon D500

Bed of Thorns – 1

This is the second image in the series. Black shouldered kite is known to hover over the grasslands looking for a prey and the most of the times I have seen it feeding on rodents and sometimes on small birds.
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Sep 26
by Admin in Bangalore 0 comments tags: Alwan, art, Avian, Bangalore, Bird, birds, black shouldered kite, black winged kite, Digitalfrescos, kite, Nikkor, Nikkor 500, Nikon, Nikon D500

Bed of Thorns – 2

We were driving around in the grassland when we observed the black shouldered kite perched right up on a dead tree and continuously calling. To our surprise we saw another bsk come flying from behind and perch close by. Only then did we realize that the calling bird was the male and the one which arrived was the female.
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Sep 26
by Admin in Bangalore 0 comments tags: Alwan, art, Avian, babbler, Bangalore, Bird, birds, Digitalfrescos, Nikkor, Nikkor 500, Nikon, Nikon D500, yellow eyed babbler

Yellow eyed Babbler

A skulker of a bird that is seen in the bushes mostly. Once in a while it will pop up to the top of the bush and then dive back to join others in the group. This image was made at one such instance when we waited patiently in the grassland to see one emerge on top of the bush.
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Sep 26
by Admin in Bangalore 0 comments tags: Alwan, art, Avian, Bangalore, Bird, birds, Digitalfrescos, Nikkor, Nikkor 500, Nikon, Nikon D500, Streaked Fantail Warbler, warbler, Zitting cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

A tiny bird found in the grasslands and is fairly distributed. They mainly feed on insects and their breeding season is associated with the onset of the monsoon. There are about eighteen geographical races of Zitting Cisticola and the sexes look very similar. The species is classified as least concern as per IUCN.
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