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Raptor - 32 ...
Raptor - 32 ... Here's a composite showing images of the same individual ... ... while perched and in various flight position ... In one of them he is close to a high-voltage transmission line attached to a very high pylon ... and there he had to moanoeuer deftly to avoid crashing...- aloktewari
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- clanga delhi greater_spotted_eagle gurgaon india threatened
- Comments: 16
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Raptor - 25 ...
Raptor - 25 ... Here is a composite showing upper and under-wing views of this mid-sized to largish eagle ... ... with a wing-span just less than six feet ... they soar magnificently in the open skies ... Watch this individual do so in an enjoyable video-clip ... Link ...- aloktewari
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- clanga delhi greater_spotted_eagle gurgaon india threatened
- Comments: 14
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Raptor - 22 ...
Raptor - 22 ... There are some more images of Steppe ... ... to be shared later ... Here's another wonderful ... and globally threatened species ... Greater Spotted Eagle The decline in The European segment has been huge ... that ... major component of their population may have...- aloktewari
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- clanga delhi greater_spotted_eagle gurgaon india threatened
- Comments: 20
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Raptor - 21 ...
Raptor - 21 ... The story of a rapid decline ... Steppe Eagle ... Conservation Status : IUCN Category : Threatened > Endangered ... My first image of Steppe posted in this series Raptor - 16 ... was taken in 2013 ... Till that year this species was thought to be in the Category...- aloktewari
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- aquila gurgaon haryana india nazafgarh_wetlands steppe eagle
- Comments: 20
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Raptor - 20 ...
Raptor - 20 ... Steppe feed ... both by hunting ... and scavenging ... They will take all kind of carrion ... ... like Vultures ... and that makes them prone to similar tragedy ... on exposure to Diclofenac ... and reseach has borne that out ... Idividuals exposed to that deadly...- aloktewari
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- aquila gurgaon haryana india nazafgarh_wetlands steppe eagle
- Comments: 17
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Raptor - 15 ...
Raptor - 15 ... Another distant shot of this wonderful Raptor ... from another POV ... Though ... taken against light it, still, gives an idea of the 'owl-like' face of this Eagle ... seen in the in-flight image I posted yesterday as well ... Watch him in a video-clip ... Link ...- aloktewari
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- circaetus gurgaon haryana india short-toed_snake_eagle
- Comments: 18
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Raptor - 14 ...
Raptor - 14 ... The Eagle soared ... and glided high up in the sky ... ... taking long circles ... effortlessly moving from one column of air to another ... While we sat patiently ... and expectantly in our vehicle ... for it to come closer ... and that it did not merely ... so ...- aloktewari
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- circaetus gurgaon haryana india short-toed_snake_eagle
- Comments: 22
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Raptor - 13 ...
Raptor - 13 ... Right in the middle of the marshy wilderness at Delhi-Gurgaon border called Nazafgarh Marshes ... ... there is this stunted Acacia ... ... not approachable by any vehicle ... or even on foot ... ... I tried once and had to come back bare-feet ... my boots burried in...- aloktewari
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- circaetus gurgaon haryana india short-toed_snake_eagle
- Comments: 18
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Holi ...
A break from Raptor series for this day ... Holi festival ... __________ India is celebrating festival of colors today ... ... Called Holi Red color being the essence of the day ... it falls on the full-moon day in the month of March ... There is a lot of bonhomie ... music dance...- aloktewari
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- gurgaon haryana india red-crested_pochard winter
- Comments: 20
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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In noon light ...
Male with a meal ... Another male Isabelline Shrike ... ... in another light ... at ... another time of the day ... Noon time to be precise ... with a black beetle ( aka Dung Beetle ) for a quick snack ... As there are millions of such beetles and ants around even during winters ...- aloktewari
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- gurgaon haryana india isabelline_shrike migration winter
- Comments: 21
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Lakescape - 522
Lakescape - 522 ... ____________ And ... ... On day-break On that day ... ... through mist hanging low This Stork posed well ... ... as well Had good colors ... ... though Still in moult ... __________ Painted Stork ( Mycteria leucocephala ) Gurgaon Haryana India 18.01.2017- aloktewari
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- gurgaon india molt painted_stork
- Comments: 17
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Twilight Glow ...
Twilight Glow ... This ... Asian Pied Starling decided to grant us a classic image after sunset ... Yesterday ... on my extended b'day ... birding day ... A truly satisfying outing ... and a loadful of return gifts from mother Nature ... for us to share with all our fellow-travelers...- aloktewari
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- asian_pied_starling gracupica contra gurgaon india
- Comments: 15
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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The middle finger ... !
The middle finger ... ! The guy was not amused ... ... and he had no hesitation in showing his displeasure ... Watch him in extreme closeup ... in a video-clip ... Link : http://www.birdforum.tv/members/action/viewvideo/9863/Short_eared_Owl___extreme_closeup/ _________ Short-eared Owl...- aloktewari
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- gurgaon haryana india migration short-eared_owl
- Comments: 21
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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One more at Sunset ...
One more Sunset time Raptor ... Driving back on that day ... we spotted this magnificent Kestrel ... sitting on a stump ... ... quite distant ... but catching some good horizontal light ... ... enough to give a reasonable imge ... May be watched in a small video-clip ... Link ...- aloktewari
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- common_kestrel gurgaon india raptor
- Comments: 23
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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...I smell something fishy here !
Kingfisher shot near Gurgaon, India- nikrawal
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- gurgaon kingfisher
- Comments: 4
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands