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Saturday 6 April 2019

Jhalana Jaipur Bharatpur Chambal Photolauge - Jan 2019


Year after year, how can you go to the same place? I hear this question time and again. And only thing comes to my mind is of the pilgrimages. Bharatpur and Chambal has become a pilgrimage place for iCampers. We do many small deviations in the same and make sure that its more and more interesting. 

 This year, we added a new flavor of having 2 safaris in the Jhalana Leopard sanctuary. also we did one night safari to Nagar Gadh and did some night photography. Also did some bird photography on the water bodies near Jaipur. And everything was worth it. We all did lot of photography and achieved a lot of satisfactions.

Here are few of the pics from this camp




Black Winged Stilt



Pond Heron

Heuglin's Gull

Collared Dove

Ruff

Little Cormorant with kill

Catch

Pelicans Flying over Jaipur

Knob Duck

Knob Duck

Knob Duck

Another Catch

Drying wings in Water

Drying wings in Water

Catch and Run

Supreme Fishing

Caught it!

Pied Maina

Nilgai Female

Peacock

Jal mahal

Jaipur Nights

Black Redstart

Red Vented Bulbul

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Spotted Owlet

Bay Backed Shrike

Spotted Owlet Expressions

Purple Sunbird

Purple Sunbird

Rock Pythons

Purple Heron

Northern Pintail

Northern Shoveler

White Eyed Pochard

Sunset at Bharatpur

Rock chat

Jackal Crossing Road

Spot Billed Duck

White Breasted Kingfisher

White Breasted Kingfisher

White Breasted Kingfisher

Dalmatian pelican

White Breasted Waterhen

Rudy Shelduck

Egret with a catch

Peilcans

My Wing Span

Yellow Footed Green Pigeon

Blue Throat

Crested Pochard

Hungry Painted Stork Juv

Marsh Harrier

Brahminy Starling

Himalayan Bulbul

Great White Peilicans

3 in 1

Greylag Goose

Bay Backed Shrike

Darter

White Breasted KF

Pied Kingfisher

One More

Here goes the Bharatpur story of the raptors and a kill

1. As we stopped near the water body during our ride in Bharatpur, we saw a Booted Eagle sitting idle on the mound in water.
2. We took few photos and realized that the raptor has killed a coot and was covering it from the other raptors flying along
3. It waited for a long time before starting to eat it
4. After taking enough rest it started tearing the kill
5. During this process a Western Imperial Eagle came to a near by mound and made booted eagle cautious
6. But the Imperial did not dare to come near the booted eagle and flew away to the nearby trees
7. The Booted Eagle then reached below the skin of coot and started eating it.
8. By then, some crows came in to scavenge.
9. Cleverly Booted Eagle threw parts to the crows and get busy eating his share
10. In some time an Adult Greater Spotted Eagle came over and Booted Eagle and crows have to leave the spot and kill for the king.
11. Greater Spotted started digging in the half eaten coot. But crows started disturbing the king as well
12. Eventually the Greater spotted Eagle decide to get the kill and leave the spot

The whole drama unfolded in front of us in the span of half an hour!!

Booted Eagle

Western Imperial Eagle

Western Imperial Eagle

Western Imperial Eagle

Booted Eagle on Coot Kill

Booted eating...

Western Imperial Eagle

Western Imperial Eagle Taking off


Booted Eagle was irritated by Crows

Sharing Food with Crows

Greater Spotted Eagle Comes over

Greater Spotted Eagle did not want to share food with crows, took off with the kill


Mallard Duck

Hoopooe

Oriental Darter

Pied KF with Kill

Gadwall Duck

Id?

Common Teal

Saras Cranes Flying In

Saras Family

Saras family

Saras Male

Bharatpur Landscape

Ruddy Shellduck Welcomes us to Chambal

Wooly Necked Stork

2 Wooly

Red Headed Pochard

Indian Skimmers

Indian Skimmers on Backdrop of illegal sand mining work at Dholpur, Chambal

Skimmers

Indian Skimmers

Indian Skimmers

Bar Headed Geeses

Bar Headed Geeses

Bar Headed Geeses

Bar Headed Geeses

Bar Headed Geeses

Bar Headed Geeses

Bar Headed Geeses

Egyptian Vulture

Rudy Shelduck Flying

Turtles

Ghadial

Marsh Crocodile

Ghadial

Ghadial and Crocs

Ruddy shellducks

Red Headed Pochard

Skimmers

More Skimmers

Last One



iCampers Gang

Having fun in chilly weather

Thanks to all who hare reached up till here!!