[Leica] Sarus Cranes

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Sonny,
Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 9:57 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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