For my christmas break I took a short trip to Dandeli where apart from Photography I did some white water Rafting in the river Kali.We stayed at OMH(Old Magazine House).Over 35 species of birds can easily be photographed here. At OMH one just sits all day under the tree to photograph birds that are not so easy to photograph.These birds come to drink water from the clay bird baths which were put by foreigners oh so long ago.The birds here are so used to bird photographers that they are completely accustomed to the shutter sound.
Dandeli is a town in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India, in the Western Ghats region in North Karnataka.Dandeli is a natural habitat for wildlife, including tigers, leopards, black panthers, elephants, gaur, deer, antelopes, and bears.It is the second largest wildlife sanctuary in Karnatakaand was designated as a tiger reserve in 2007.The jungle is also home to several varieties of reptiles and almost 300 varieties of birds.
Birds I Saw:
Puff-Throated Babbler
Orange Headed Thrush
Brown -cheeked Fulvetta
Flame Throated Bulbul
White-Rumped Shama
Indian Blackbird Female
Indian Blackbird Male
Emerald Dove
Flock of Oriental White Eye On Bird Bath (Dark fronted Babbler on perch)
The weekend before school started my father and I visited a bird hide close to Bangalore which has a wide variety of birds and reptiles. The hide is close to my house and hardly took an hour and a half to reach. The hide is on barren land, a part of which was converted by the owner into the hide.This sort of photography was a new and interesting experience for me and I thoroughly enjoyed it. We saw over fifteen species of birds in the two and a half hours we spent over there. The area around the hide has a rain fed river because of which birds like the Jerdon's Leafbird and the Coppersmith Barbet visit the hide. The hide allowed me to practice my photography skills in a controlled environment. Yellow-Billed Babbler White-browed bulbul Indian Chameleon Spotted Dove Coppersmith Barbet Jerdon's Leafbird
It was a windy Sunday afternoon when we went to the hide on the outskirts of Bangalore. We did not see too many birds and the ones that were there were very jumpy. Below are the pictures of the birds we did see. Black-rumped flameback Black-rumped flameback White-Rumped Munia` Jungle Bush Quail White-browed bulbul Dove Asian Koel Asian Koel Dove Sun bird Red-Whiskered Bulbul Oriental magpie-robin Coppersmith Barbet Coppersmith Barbet Bush Warbler White-browed bulbul
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