Category: photography

Nature photography & insect photomacrography.

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baya weavers nesting

It is nesting season for the baya weavers! Baya weaver birds are small, sparrow-size birds that resemble the sparrows during the non-breeding season. During May-June, as the breeding season approaches, their gonads (sexual glands)...

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Indian Grey Hornbill—the seed dispersers

There are about 54 species of hornbills in the world, out of which 9 occur in India. The hornbill pictured here is the Indian Grey Hornbill, which is common across the Indian subcontinent, except the wettest (Western Ghats and...

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blue marsh hawk and the skimmers

The blue marsh hawk belong to the dragonfly family of skimmers, and are conspicuous with their blue thorax and tail. Dragonflies, especially the males of some species, are also territorial in nature. Research shows...

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the veiled lady

A pretty damsel adorning a bridal veil. The veiled lady, or the bridal veil stinkhorn as it is popularly known, belongs to the fungi family of stinkhorns. A mature stinkhorn has a phallic structure which is about...

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oriental plain tiger

The plain tiger enjoys a celebrity status of being the first butterfly in the recorded history. It was depicted in a painting, with its distinct colors and patterns, in the tomb of Nebamun in...