Saturday, January 12, 2013

the bird watchers... and the birds

the bird watchers

and the birds


five greylag goose and one northern pintail


dad trying to close his right eye (from which he can barely see due to glaucoma) and peer through the binoculars


indian pond heron


darter

cormorants (no, the cormorants are not religious - the cross is there to mark the water levels in the lake)

ma, dad and the ever-enthusiastic devabhai (my parents' driver and all-round handyman / trouble-shooter, and without whom this little excursion wouldn't have been possible)

as we returned home...


2 comments:

  1. Are those Demoiselle Cranes or Common Cranes in the 2nd photo? And are the large flyers in the 2nd and 9th photos pelicans?

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  2. no idea about the cranes. didn't have powerful binoculars so really couldn't see properly. but yes the large flyers are pelicans. i wish i'd had powerful binos to look at them better.

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