Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wondrous creatures. I like that last shot the best. You got the birds pretty clear, despite the fog, and the fog adds to the beauty. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 1/28/2017 11:56 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > I had been on a short trip to Bharatpur and its environs last week. > Bharatpur is home to the famed Keoladeo National Park, one of the great > bird sanctuaries in the world, as well as a designated World Heritage Site. > These man made wetlands (made in the 18th century, though) were the hunting > preserve of the local maharajah, like so many of India's National Parks. > > The trip turned out to be memorable for the number and quality of Sarus > Crane encounters we had, not only in the National Park, but in a village 70 > kms away, called Naunera, where a couple of hundred Sarus Cranes, which are > revered in this country, lived in perfect harmony on fields of wheat and > mustard with the human villagers. Sarus Cranes are the tallest flying birds > in the world, clocking in around 6 feet in height, and as such, are > extremely graceful, not only in flight, but surprisingly enough, on land as > well. > > Here then are a few photographs. The Sarus, who are monogamous and mate for > life, have a very distinctive trumpeting call, which both members of the > pair ritually engage in together, periodically, to affirm the bonds between > them: > > Duet: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170121-4030.jpg.html > > Duet in B&W: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170121-4034.jpg.html > > Finale: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170121-4047.jpg.html > > The Call: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170121-495.jpg.html > > When they are not feeding, they strut about, or groom constantly: > > In the Environment: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170122-1323.jpg.html > > Grooming: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170122-1415.jpg.html > > At Naunera Village, they loiter about in the mustard fields or wheat fields > > Mustard Fields: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170123-2537.jpg.html > > Family: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170123-2612.jpg.html > > Finally, a few photographs of their considerable grace in flight: > > Synchrony: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170122-1515.jpg.html > > Solo: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170123-3155.jpg.html > > Fog: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170123-2265.jpg.html > > Grace: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170123-2369.jpg.html > > Please see LARGE > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome! > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >