indian treepie
Watercolor painting of an Indian Treepie, also known as Rufous Treepie, dendrocitta vagabunda. The head, neck and breast of Indian Treepie are a deep slate-grey colour, sometimes slightly brownish. The underparts and lower back are...
Tagged: birds
great cormorants; silhouettes & orchestrated nest building
Silhouettes of the great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo, against a murky sky on a misty September morning at the Periyar National Park, Thekkady. Each bird seems to be in its own mood… and as you watch...
the elusive frogmouth and the cup fungi
Ceylon Frogmouth, Batrachostomus moniliger, also known as Sri Lanka Frogmouth, at the Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, Thattekkad. Male and Female. The Ceylon Frogmouths are nocturnal in nature, and are found in the Western Ghats...
red whiskered bulbul
Red whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | Red whiskered Bulbul nesting. Lo and behold the beauty of the red whiskers! Adult bulbuls are around 20-22cm long. A few studies show that males have slightly...
