Tag: birdsofprey
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In search of the Shaheen
On a beautiful afternoon, we ascended to ‘shaheen point’. Mahesh, Avinash and I were doing a trip after a long time. A short walk through tea bushes and we reached our vantage point i.e. a cliff with beautiful landscape around it. Dusky Craig Martins and Swallows hovered around us but none wanted to give their…
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Hunter vs Scavenger
The late tiger popularly known as Prince had made the Mulapura waterhole a favourite cooling off destination. Hoping to catch a glimpse of him, our safari jeep and it’s occupants decided to wait there. Across the waterhole at a distance, I spotted a crested serpent eagle perched on a bamboo branch. Because it was not…
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Look what the Hawk dragged in
Raptors in the wild are not an uncommon sight but catching them in action is rare. A crested serpent eagle, devouring a frog it had killed only moments ago, was sighted at a far off branch. Too far to make images but nothing escapes the ranges of binoculars. Driving further ahead our naturalist called out crested hawk…
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