Comments | deponti: Manchinabele, 020111

deponti

Manchinabele, 020111

Jan 05, 2011 03:07

After a very long time, we had a local BULBs (Bangalore Urban LadyBirders) outing (it was beginning to seem as if they went only on international trips!), and we decided to go to Manchinabele Reservoir.

As usual, the day started with fog and mist:

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pondhopper January 4 2011, 22:53:59 UTC

The raptor photos are magnificent and you were quick on the shutter button!
:)
The green bee eater (do they really eat bees?) is so pretty! It's rare to see green birds that aren't in the parrot families.

deponti January 5 2011, 05:15:40 UTC

Oh, we have plenty of them here...the White-cheeked Barbets and the Bee-eaters are very common indeed.

Of course they eat bees!...and dragonflies and other insects...so expertly plucking them out of the air.

Q. What do you call a very young Bee-eater?

A. An egg-beeeater!

Couldn't resist that...

asakiyume January 4 2011, 22:56:34 UTC

You caught the sun on the marsh harrier's wings--wow!

Like pondhopper, I was attracted to the green bee eater. (Also the little red-rumped sparrow!)

Good trip! nanda_ramesh January 5 2011, 05:10:16 UTC

Nice shots, esp of the Harrier and good moment with the Silverbill. :) I see that you saw some storks also.
Where did you drive around? We usually take first right and drive along the tar road on the right side(from the main road) of the reservoir. I have only gone about km or 2(limit of my kids patience :) ) though before turning around.

nanda

Re: Good trip! deponti January 5 2011, 05:17:11 UTC

We generally take the same route and drive about halfway around the perimeter of the reservoir, but we didn't get that far this time, we were out of the car just about a km or two, as you say...and never got around to going where the army huts are.

What a snap! anonymous January 5 2011, 08:15:16 UTC

Like I've said before - these are not SMS. The Marsh Harrier snaps are amazing!
Rohit

Re: What a snap! deponti January 5 2011, 08:24:43 UTC

Thank you...wait till I get back to the SMS (by the way, that's where I would classify that shot of the Sparrowlark.)

ext_197906 January 5 2011, 16:37:30 UTC

Awwwesome shots of the marsh harrier!! And the colours on the bee-eater are stunning!! The robin is very pretty indeed, and once again, you saw a zebra blue when I was not there... sigh!!

deponti January 6 2011, 14:01:48 UTC

Next time I'll either be with you..or shut my eyes! :)