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
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| Black Winged Stilt |
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| Pond Heron |
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| Heuglin's Gull |
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| Collared Dove |
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| Ruff |
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| Little Cormorant with kill |
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| Catch |
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| Pelicans Flying over Jaipur |
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| Knob Duck |
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| Knob Duck |
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| Knob Duck |
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| Another Catch |
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| Drying wings in Water |
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| Drying wings in Water |
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| Catch and Run |
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| Supreme Fishing |
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| Caught it! |
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| Pied Maina |
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| Nilgai Female |
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| Peacock |
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| Jal mahal |
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| Jaipur Nights |
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| Black Redstart |
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| Red Vented Bulbul |
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| Eurasian Sparrowhawk |
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| Eurasian Sparrowhawk |
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| Eurasian Sparrowhawk |
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| Spotted Owlet |
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| Bay Backed Shrike |
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| Spotted Owlet Expressions |
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| Purple Sunbird |
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| Purple Sunbird |
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| Rock Pythons |
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| Purple Heron |
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| Northern Pintail |
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| Northern Shoveler |
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| White Eyed Pochard |
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| Sunset at Bharatpur |
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| Rock chat |
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| Jackal Crossing Road |
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| Spot Billed Duck |
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| White Breasted Kingfisher |
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| White Breasted Kingfisher |
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| White Breasted Kingfisher |
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| Dalmatian pelican |
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| White Breasted Waterhen |
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| Rudy Shelduck |
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| Egret with a catch |
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| Peilcans |
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| My Wing Span |
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| Yellow Footed Green Pigeon |
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| Blue Throat |
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| Crested Pochard |
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| Hungry Painted Stork Juv |
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| Marsh Harrier |
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| Brahminy Starling |
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| Himalayan Bulbul |
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| Great White Peilicans |
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| 3 in 1 |
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| Greylag Goose |
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| Bay Backed Shrike |
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| Darter |
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| White Breasted KF |
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| Pied Kingfisher |
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| 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!!
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| Booted Eagle |
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| Western Imperial Eagle |
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| Western Imperial Eagle |
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| Western Imperial Eagle |
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| Booted Eagle on Coot Kill |
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| Booted eating... |
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| Western Imperial Eagle |
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| Western Imperial Eagle Taking off |
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| Booted Eagle was irritated by Crows |
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| Sharing Food with Crows |
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| Greater Spotted Eagle Comes over |
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| Greater Spotted Eagle did not want to share food with crows, took off with the kill |
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| Mallard Duck |
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| Hoopooe |
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| Oriental Darter |
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| Pied KF with Kill |
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| Gadwall Duck |
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| Id? |
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| Common Teal |
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| Saras Cranes Flying In |
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| Saras Family |
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| Saras family |
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| Saras Male |
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| Bharatpur Landscape |
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| Ruddy Shellduck Welcomes us to Chambal |
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| Wooly Necked Stork |
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| 2 Wooly |
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| Red Headed Pochard |
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| Indian Skimmers |
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| Indian Skimmers on Backdrop of illegal sand mining work at Dholpur, Chambal |
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| Skimmers |
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| Indian Skimmers |
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| Indian Skimmers |
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| Bar Headed Geeses |
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| Bar Headed Geeses |
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| Bar Headed Geeses |
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| Bar Headed Geeses |
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| Bar Headed Geeses |
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| Bar Headed Geeses |
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| Bar Headed Geeses |
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| Egyptian Vulture |
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| Rudy Shelduck Flying |
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| Turtles |
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| Ghadial |
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| Marsh Crocodile |
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| Ghadial |
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| Ghadial and Crocs |
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| Ruddy shellducks |
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| Red Headed Pochard |
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| Skimmers |
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| More Skimmers |
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| Last One |
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| iCampers Gang |
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| Having fun in chilly weather |
Thanks to all who hare reached up till here!!
