Tag: birds

My favorite duck

My favorite duck

Wood duck (male), St. Louis Zoo.

Feeding cormorant

Feeding cormorant

For the first time I witnessed how birds swallow plants or weeds, that probably constitute their dietary fibres. It is quite a struggle, as there can only move their heads and swallow it whole, especially if they have webbed feet like this cormorant!

Rose ringed parrot kisses

Rose ringed parrot

In the crevices of the walls of historical monuments in India (this photo is from Secundrao, UP), hundreds of parrots nest and live around all year..

Kingfisher

Kingfisher

White throated kingfisher

(It is overdue for an actual written post, working on it..)

Long winged Harrier

Long winged Harrier

My favorite landscape shot from Trinidad, though it was intended to be a shot of the beautiful long winged Harrier. Their heart shaped faces, lined with yellow feathers and marked with a curved beak are almost owl like