Birding ! Driving ! Soul-searching !: April 2015

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Bird Photography at Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary Kolkata

TRIP 2: MARCH-2025 (Birds of Urban Kolkata)

Black-hooded Oriole

Purple Sunbird male

Purple Sunbird female

Red-vented Bulbul

Indian Pond Heron

Coppersmith Barbet

Common Myna

Rufous Treepie

White-throated Kingfisher

Asian Pied Starling

Taiga Flycatcher female

Black Kite

Lesser Goldenback female

Asian Koel male

Black Kite

Spotted Dove

Shikra male

Alexandrine Parakeet female

House Sparrow female

House Sparrow male

Black Drongo

House Crow

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Common Tailorbird

Yellow-footed Green Pigeon

Jungle Babbler

Asian Koel female and male

Purple Sunbird male

TRIP 1: APRIL-2015

This trip to Kolkata was not planned. Still, how-so-ever sudden it is, I managed to take out 2 hours for birding on Sunday morning. Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary is located in South Kolkata and I was surprised to see atleast 20 photographers trying their luck in this small park that morning. The entry ticket was Rs. 50 per head with no additional charge for Camera. The park has very dense vegetation and one really has to bump up the ISO to get a decent shot on most occasions. But overall it was wonderful, I added another 3 new species to my list touching the magic number of 333 now.

Fulvous Breasted Woodpecker

Black Hooded Oriole

Lesser Goldenback Woodpecker

Orange Headed Thrush - citrina

Brown Headed Barbet

White Throated Fantail

Jungle Babbler

Oriental Magpie Robin

Black Drongo - imm

House Crow

Common Tailorbird

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Bird Photography at Nashville Tennessee - Radnor Lake

Radnor Lake is a jewel of Nashville Tennessee. Bird Watching at Radnor Lake is a wonderful experience indeed, no wonder I could easily spot close to 15 different species in a short span of 2 hours and that too around noon time.

Here are some of the species I captured there.