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Butterfly - 196
Butterfly - 196 ... White Orange-tip ... ... male Ixias marianne Found throughout Indian subcontinent and in Himalayas upto 2000 meters ... ... except arid regions ___________ Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 25.09.2018- aloktewari
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- bharatpur india keoladeo_national_park white_orange-tip_butterfly
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- Category: Butterflies & Moths
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Spring-Summer - 300
Spring-Summer - 300 Another individual on the same day ... as one posted yesterday ... the plumage changes more advanced in him ... though not yet full ... The back plumes are heavier and more numerous ... while the legs have just begun to acquire pink tinge ... that will become flesh...- aloktewari
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- bharatpur great_egret india keoladeo_national_park
- Comments: 12
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Spring-Summer - 299
Spring-Summer - 299 Transitioning to the breeding plumage ... Spring time ... and changes have started to develop ... ... change in bill color and lores is evident ... ... while the plumes on the back have just begun to sprout ... will get more and more luxuriant as the spring...- aloktewari
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- bharatpur great_egret india keoladeo_national_park
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Spring-Summer - 296
Spring-Summer - 296 First Summer individual ... ... yet to loose those feathers on the head and neck ... ... extent of loss is nearly equal for males and females ... unlike in humans ... IUCN : Near Threatened ______________ Black-headed Ibis ( Threskiornis leucocephalos ) Keoladeo...- aloktewari
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- bharatpur black-headed_ibis india keoladeo
- Comments: 15
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Spring-Summer - 295
Spring-Summer - 295 __ Quintessential ... ... Flavor Of Summer ... Less said ... ... Much Expressed ... ... Understood Absorbed ... And ... Life Goes on ... ____________ Laughing Dove ... pair Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 07.03.2019- aloktewari
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- bharatpur india keoladeo_national_park laughing_dove
- Comments: 19
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Butterfly - 195
Butterfly - 195 Lemon Pansy Junonia lemonias Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 25.09.2018- aloktewari
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- bharatpur india keoladeo_national_park lemon_pansy_butterfly
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Spring-Summer - 294
Spring-Summer - 294 ... Another spring time capture ... ... a group of coots ... troup-ing across a tall female Black-necked Stork ... While the latter is a resident breeder at the National Park ... and was already through with her nesting duties during winter ... ... the Coots were...- aloktewari
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- bharatpur black-necked_stork eurasian_coot india keoladeo_national_park
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Spring-Summer - 292
Spring-Summer ... 292 Another group ready for spring-summer migration ... Though there were still a good number of Coots in the National Park ... ... this was the last pair of Shelducks still left to migrate out ...- aloktewari
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- bharatpur eurasian_coot india keoladeo_national_park ruddy_shelduck
- Comments: 18
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Spring-Summer - 291
Spring-Summer - 291 ... This Teal drake is all painted ... ... spruced-up and parloured ... Looking very handsome and good before flying away in spring-summer ... while most of his kin had already left ... Watch a small group of these and Gadwall m & f feed in a video-clip ...- aloktewari
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- bharatpur common_teal india keoladeo_national_park
- Comments: 16
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Raptor - 64
Life : Awareness ______________ Dreams ... ... That recur And ... Those ... that We miss Life goes on Through ... Echelons of Consciousness Immanent And transcending As well Carrying us On wings of Awareness ... Into Your ... Ever so elevating Realm ... My Beloved...- aloktewari
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- bharatpur bubo coromandus dusky_eagle-owl india keoladeo_national_park
- Comments: 18
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Butterfly - 194
Two species of Eggfly Butterflies ... Both images taken on the same day ... only a few hundred feet apart Great Eggfly ( Hypolimnas bolina ) and ... Danaid Eggfly ( Hypolimnas misippus ) Both may have blue around the white ... though the Great has more of it ... Other ID points are ...- aloktewari
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- bharatpur danaid_eggfly_butterfly great_eggfly_butterfly india keoladeo_national_park
- Comments: 14
- Category: Butterflies & Moths
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Butterfly - 192
Angled Pierrot ... Tarucus nara M and F 16-28 mm Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 24.09.2018- aloktewari
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- angled_pierrot bharatpur butterfly india keoladeo_national_park
- Comments: 14
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Spring-Summer - 289
Spring-Summer - 289 Perched in the shaded part of the crown of a tall Acacia ... Their loud calls start filling up the ambiance ... with the onset of Spring ... ... and continue throughout summer In forested areas as well as urban gardens ... This image was captured in the forest...- aloktewari
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- bharatpur india keoladeo_national_park
- Comments: 22
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Spring-Summer - 288
Spring-Summer - 288 Occasionally ... the elements combine ... to make something memorable ... He turned just a little ... while feeding ... to unleash that lustre ... Watch that gloss in the following video-clips ... Links : 1...- aloktewari
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- bharatpur glossy_ibis india keoladeo_national_park
- Comments: 17
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Celebrations ...
A decade is not a long time ... yet Celebrations ... ... at Beginning of my 10th year at BF ... Of travel Into the realm Of beauty .. And A journey ... Of togetherness And sharing As well ... __________ Dancing Cranes of Keoladeo ... ... embodying the quintessential spirit of creation...- aloktewari
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- bharatpur india keoladeo_national_park sarus_crane
- Comments: 16
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Spring-Summer - 287
Spring-Summer - Having finished her family duties during winter ... ... she can take a well deserved break ... Watch the lovely-eyed beauty in a video-clip ... Link : https://www.hbw.com/ibc/video/black-necked-stork-ephippiorhynchus-asiaticus/black-necked-stork-female-resting-after...- aloktewari
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- bharatpur black-necked_stork india keoladeo_national_park
- Comments: 16
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Butterfly - 191
Butterfly ... Thre are 573 species of Swallowtails in the World ... Of these 573 ... 101 species are found in Indian region ... Here's one of those beauties ... one that I've always struggled to get ... ... with my limited photographic firepower and acumen ... ... this was one of the...- aloktewari
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- bharatpur common_rose_butterfly india keoladeo_national_park
- Comments: 9
- Category: Butterflies & Moths
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Raptor - 62
Raptor - 62 A handsome juvie ... Flew very close overhead ... across the path we were walking along at Keoladeo NP ... and settled on a low bough in the crown of an acacia ... leaving a very small window to get an image ... ... I had to go flat on the belly to take this shot ... and I was...- aloktewari
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- bharatpur crested_serpent_eagle india keoladeo_national_park
- Comments: 18
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Spring-Summer - 283
Spring-Summer - 283 It is ... That time Of the year When ... Investing into ... Those little Sweet nothings ... Yield ... ... The best Returns And the cycle ... Goes on _______________ Watch the special performance in a video-clip ... _________________ White-eared Bulbul (...- aloktewari
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- bharatpur india keoladeo_national_park white-eared_bulbul
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Spring-Summer - 282
There was snowfall in the upper reaches of Indian Himalayas yesterday ... ____________ Spring-Summer - 282 Though in display mode ... looking aggressive and colorful ... ... he's still some distance to go ... to attain complete breeding plumage ... the lores will become blue-purple ...- aloktewari
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- bharatpur breeding_plumage cattle_egret eastern cattle egret bubulcus coromandus india keoladeo_national_park
- Comments: 17
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Spring-Summer - 281
Spring-Summer - 281 Climbing on top of a high perch ... this guy ... literally got the last rays of the Sun ... ... giving him a lovely hue and the Sunset glow ... Video savvy may watch him in a video-clip ... Link ...- aloktewari
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- bharatpur india intermediate_egret keoladeo_national_park
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Spring-Summer - 280
Spring-Summer - 280 Soon after the day-break ... on that pleasantly cool early spring morning ... ... just as we started to wind up the morning round ... a party of six of these Indian Grey Hornbills arrived ... searching for food ... hidden in the form of grubs ... insects and small...- aloktewari
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- bharatpur india indian_grey_hornbill keoladeo_national_park
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Spring-Summer - 279
Spring-Summer - 279 __________ Bright ... ... and Full of ... delight Spring ... ... Turns on And ... Turns it on ... _______________ Watch the lovely duo in a video-clip ... Link : http://birdforum.tv/members/action/viewvideo/10573/Yellow_footed_Green_Pigeon___pair/ __________...- aloktewari
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- bharatpur india keoladeo_national_park yellow-footed_green_pigeon
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Spring-Summer - 278
Spring-Summer - 278 It was beginning of spring ... and ... see ... how good the wires had already grown ... on this fabulous Swallow ... ... not to mention the intensity of color ... and iridescence ... Watch him in a video-clip ... Link ...- aloktewari
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- bharatpur india keoladeo_national_park rajasthan wire-tailed_swallow
- Comments: 16
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Butterfly - 187
Butterfly - 277 Great Eggfly The video-clip of this individual I am linking here shows an interesting piece of butterfly behavior ... ... after cleaning his proboscis he proceeds to open those long pouting lips ... in a manner reminiscent of yawning ... and does it twice ... turning his...- aloktewari
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- bharatpur great_eggfly india keoladeo_national_park
- Comments: 11
- Category: Butterflies & Moths