# 4 Butterflies in Bharatpur

I had a blast in Bharatpur clicking photographs of these beautiful butterflies. In a world full of birds these insects were beautifully busy in their own world skipping from one flower to the other. After going shutter crazy for nearly 15 minutes I took a deep breath and just soaked it in the moment and a tear escaped my eyelid.

# 3 Bharatpur: Not Birds

Birds were not the only living beings I captured in Bharatpur. Here are some other living beings that appealed to my lens.

Cycling couple on the foggy morning

Tortoise

Shutter crazy

Nilgai

Meditating

# 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.

Rajasthani Dance, Dilli Haat

This is a beautiful lady who was dancing in Dilli Haat to entertain visitors, ranging from within the city to foreign nationals, last evening.


No photo would have been able to do justice to the dance I saw in Dilli Haat yesterday. That is why I made a video. This is the Kalbeliya dance, which finds its origin in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The inspiration for the dance is serpents and same is the case with the dance movements and clothes.



Hope you enjoy the dance. Since I use my camera phone for this blog, the video has been shot vertically by mistake. Next time I'll do a better job. But I hope despite the pain in your neck, you will enjoy the dance. :-)