As The Wheels Roll and The Shutters Click…Travel Reminiscences…

[Highway Ranger]

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One more berry down the hatch...

 

[Highway Ranger]

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A Black kite...

 

[Highway Ranger]

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Brown Shrike...
Like most other shrikes, it has a distinctive black "bandit-mask" through the eye and is found mainly in open scrub habitats, where it perches on the tops of thorny bushes in search of prey. Several populations of this widespread species form distinctive subspecies which breed in temperate Asia and migrate to their winter quarters in tropical Asia. They are sometimes found as vagrants in Europe and North America. [wikipedia]

 

[Highway Ranger]

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A Grey Heron...
The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern parts migrate southwards in autumn. A bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes and on the sea coast. It feeds mostly on aquatic creatures which it catches after standing stationary beside or in the water or stalking its prey through the shallows. [wikipedia]

 

[Highway Ranger]

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Red-whiskered Bulbul...
The red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus), or crested bulbul, is a passerine bird found in Asia. It is a member of the bulbul family. It is a resident frugivore found mainly in tropical Asia. It has been introduced in many tropical areas of the world where populations have established themselves. It feeds on fruits and small insects. Red-whiskered bulbuls perch conspicuously on trees and have a loud three or four note call. They are very common in hill forests and urban gardens within its range. [wikipedia]

 

[AppU]

Nice to see the pics from you are a long time..

All the pics are excellent, keeping posting more

 

[Highway Ranger]

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Nice to see the pics from you are a long time..

All the pics are excellent, keeping posting more

Thank you, Vinod! I was really busy with some projects at office and could not find enough spare time.

Malabar Pied Hornbill...
This species is omnivorous, taking fruits, small mammals, birds, small reptiles, insects etc. Prey is killed and swallowed whole. Figs are an important food, contributing 60% of their diet from May to February, the non-breeding season; during breeding, in March and April, up to 75% of the fruits delivered at the nest were figs. They also feed on other fruits, including those of the Strychnos nux-vomica, which are toxic to many vertebrates. [wikipedia]

 

[Highway Ranger]

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The Malabar grey hornbill (Ocyceros griseus) is a hornbill endemic to the Western Ghats and associated hills of southern India. They have a large beak but lack the casque that is prominent in some other hornbill species. They are found mainly in dense forest and around rubber, arecanut or coffee plantations. They move around in small groups, feeding on figs and other forest fruits. Their loud cackling and laughing call makes them familiar to people living in the region.

 

[Highway Ranger]

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Red-whiskered Bulbul...

 

[Highway Ranger]

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White-bellied Blue Flycatcher... female...
The white-bellied blue flycatcher tends to be quiet and inactive, foraging mainly in the dark shade below the forest canopy. They have a very low song that can be heard only at close quarters. The song is a rambling series of whistling notes interspersed with clicks and squeaks. They are usually seen singly or in pairs and are often found to join mixed-species foraging flocks.

 

[autosafari]

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Visiting after a long interval
This thread is now a mini encyclopedia on birds
One request - Please do post some landscapes also. Let your vide angle lens show its magic too since you are visiting several places and a good landscape view is treat for us.

 

[autosafari]

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Visiting after a long interval
This thread is now a mini encyclopedia on birds
One request - Please do post some landscapes also. Let your vide angle lens show its magic too since you are visiting several places and a good landscape view is treat for us.

 

[Highway Ranger]

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Visiting after a long interval
This thread is now a mini encyclopedia on birds
One request - Please do post some landscapes also. Let your vide angle lens show its magic too since you are visiting several places and a good landscape view is treat for us.

Thank you, autosafari! Much appreciated.

I am not much of a landscape type and I do not have a decent landscape lens.

Here is one for you. Not a landscape... more of a cityscape.

 

[Highway Ranger]

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The black-naped monarch or black-naped blue flycatcher (Hypothymis azurea) is a slim and agile passerine bird belonging to the family of monarch flycatchers found in southern and south-eastern Asia. They are sexually dimorphic with males having a distinctive black patch on the back of the head and a narrow black half collar ("necklace") while the female is duller and lacks the black markings. They have a call that is similar to that of the Asian paradise flycatcher and in tropical forest habitats pairs may join mixed-species foraging flocks. Populations differ slightly in plumage colour and sizes. [wikipedia]

 

[Highway Ranger]

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The Oriental White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus) is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. It is a resident breeder in open woodland in tropical Asia, east from the Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia, extending to Indonesia and Malaysia. They forage in small groups, feeding on nectar and small insects. They are easily identified by the distinctive white eye-ring and overall yellowish upperparts. Several populations of this widespread species are named subspecies and some have distinctive variations in the extent and shades of yellows in their plumage.
This bird is small (about 8–9 cm long) with yellowish olive upper parts, a white eye ring, yellow throat and vent. [wikipedia]