cherry picking at our backyard: the indian koel
Posted by Roxy Mathew Koll on 19 Jul 2009
Is somebody watching me?
The female Indian Koel, eudynamys scolopacea, on our cherry tree.
eh?
Got it!
These koels often raid our bulbul nests. The bulbuls often make their nests around our house, at low shrubs. Once the hungry chicks come out, both bulbuls are in a frenzy to get enough food for them and probably it is during this time that the koels often find out the nestlings and get away with them. Sometimes one koel will mislead the bulbuls and in the mean time another koel would get the nestlings…
Date: 14 Oct 2007
Location: @ home, Kottayam, Kerala, India
Camera: Nikon D80 + Tamron SP AF90mm f/2.8 Di Macro Lens
Male Indian koels are glossy greenish black. Here is a quick shot from our old records.
Date: 08 June 2007
Location: @ home, Kottayam, Kerala, India
Camera: Olympus C770UZ + MCON-40 Macro Lens
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Hi Sarah,
Great picture.
It’s quite difficult to get a shot of Koel.
Continue posting
Aarathi
Thanks Aarathi! These pics were taken by Roxy. You’re right, it takes keen eyes and lots of patience to shoot a koel. 😀
beautiful shots. especially luved the 1st shot of the bird emerging out of the greenery. sharp and colorful.
It was a nice shoot.
Get these things rarely to see.
you might have stayed there for long to get the glimpse.
Thanks sandeep and abhi. I should say that the cherry tree often lured the koel, and I just had to keep my eyes open and constantly checking. Did the shoot from inside our house 🙂 We have a lot of fruit trees and plants in our backyard that we have a new visitor every time.
Beautiful shot of koel. Koel are not common here with us, but still they exist in small number. I like their sad voice very much.
Mahane, ugran shots..
🙂
orayiram nandhiyundu 😉
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