# 2 Birding at Bharatpur

Presenting the second lot of my pictures of birds of Bharatpur.

Female magpie robin

Ghost tree, the nesting place of painted storks

Little owlet

Spotted owlet

Parakeet

Juvenile painted stork making a landing

Flying geese

Little egret (reflection)

Shikra

Cormorant

Will post pictures of some other creatures I saw at Bharatpur in the next post.

# 1 Birding at Bharatpur

I went to Bharatpur in Rajasthan to visit the Keoladeo National Park over the last weekend. It was a fantastic trip and I highly recommend the weekend getaway. Here are some of my captures. I have a lot of photographs from the trip and will be uploading some more in the days to come.

White-cheeked bulbul

White-cheeked bulbul taking off

Peacock

Yellow-footed green pigeon

Scarlet minivet

Jungle babbler

Woodpecker

Drongo

Laughing dove

Hoopoe

Black shouldered kite

Indian tree pie

Family of painted storks

Grey heron (front) and painted stork (back) doing a tango!

Brahminy starling

Brahmini ducks (also called surkhab in Hindi)

Shrike (possibly long-tailed shrike)

P.S: Thanks Jaideep for helping me give captions to the photographs.

Black and White Delight

Spotted this beautiful black and white bird near my house recently. Wish I had a better lens to capture this beauty.

A Bird's Eye View of the World

This beautiful migratory bird was perched on the top branch of a tree at the Delhi Zoo and was busy looking down upon the passers-by.

Narcissist Swan

A swan after my own heart. A totally narcissist bird, it kept looking at its reflection for a better part of 15 minutes that I was in front of the pond in the Delhi Zoo.

Birds

I could not resist myself from taking a photograph of this wooden toy I saw at Dilli Haat a few days ago. As the pendulum below moves, the birds on top bend to peck making a sound on the wooden platform.

Sparrows Return

I was overjoyed to spot sparrows in Delhi after almost 3 years. At one point in time these birds were very common in Delhi. As a child my grandmother used to make up stories to entertain me revolving around these little unconventionally beautiful species. Just to justify my excitement, I have put up 2 photos of the birds rather than the usual one that I post daily.