Kaziranga Assam – Jan 2009

This is a way overdue report and I will keep it short.

The Scarlet Sunbird from our hotel room. A really really long shot with the 600 + TC 17 ( 1/60th  @ F6.7 ISO 250)  but,  I like this one. This is one pretty birdie for sure !

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Highlights

Hoolock Gibbon, the only Ape in India at Panbari.

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Rare ones: The Abbots Babbler & The Silver Breasted Broadbill also at Panbari. Panbari is a forest and a dense one and totally high ISO zone. One can only do a walking trail.  Shooting style, hand held or at best, long lens on a monopod.  Be very aware of stumbling into wild elephants.

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The Swamp Francolin on the eastern  range. Way low light and these were pretty far away. Not the best of shots but, there you are.

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The Grey Headed Fish Eagle

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Starling roosting flight & an Asian Barred Owlet

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The Pallas Fish Eagle

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The King Vulture & Another Pallas Fish Eagle above its nest. I like this one :-)

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The Elephants

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The Turtles

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Wild Buffalo

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Of course the Indian Rhino

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On the last morning I got this right from our breakfast table at Wildgrass Resort. The Black hooded oriole.

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There is a bunch more. For all the pics from the trip Click here>>> Kaziranga Pics

I have a few more to pics process and will add them in later.

The Golden Langur

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Thousands of Greater Adjutant Storks at Guwahati Garbage Dump. Probably the single largest population  of  the endangered Greater Adjutant Storks anywhere in the world.

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7 comments

  1. Thanks for sharing such great photos. I am volunteering with The Cincinnati Zoo and Orange County Choppers helping to raise money for endangered Indian and Sumatran Rhino research..

    Safe travels,

    Pete Miller
    Dublin, OH

  2. Thanks Pete for your gracious comment. Happy to hear about your own conservation endeavors !

  3. Enjoyed watching your pics…There will probably more pics with you..Kindly upload with the description part, we will enjoy even more…The images are not only just fantastic for their quality but also for rarity…

    Regards
    Pranjal

  4. Thanks for sharing. As always, it is great to view your images and read through your reports.

  5. Shooting birds from a distance & that too with such a perfection may be so difficult!!!!!!!!! Great work…Enjoyed watching every bit of it.

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