[Leica] Sarus Cranes

[Sonny Carter]

I meant to post my compliments this morning, but got sidetracked. Synchrony is my fav in this wonderful set.  

from my iPad

Sonny Carter

> On Jan 29, 2017, at 8:53 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Jim N, Douglas B and Lluis
> Thanks for looking.
> Cranes, in general, mate for life and generally seen in pairs.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 6:29 AM, lluisripollphotography <
> lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Really great series Jayanand,
>> 
>> Here I prefer the color versions, very fine eye! You can do a
>> “Double-Double” book with animals….
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Lluis
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> El 28 gen 2017, a les 18:56, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
>> va escriure:
>>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
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