Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >