Wandering Nomad Family

Sunday, 26 July 2020

You may now kiss the bride

You may now kiss the bride

Name: Oriental Pied Hornbill / Indian Pied Hornbill

Clicked: Jan of 2016

In: Duars

Range: India (North, East and Northeast) and South East Asia

Gear: Nikon D7000 with AF-S DX Nikkor 55-300MM F/4.5-5.6G ED VR

Hornbills are mostly monogamous and have a pretty well laid out protocols for domestic life. For egg laying, till hatching and thereafter till the young ones grow up big enough to fledge, the females seals herself up in a tree cavity with just a small vertical slit left open. The male transfers the food for mother and kids from this slit.

Here a prospective couple of Oriental Pied Hornbills are seen indulging in a courtship behaviour, which is a probably a practice run of the days to come...

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Tuesday, 14 April 2020

Collared Kingfisher

Name: Collared Kingfisher

Subspecies: T.c. davisoni

Gear: Nikon Coolpix P610

Mode: Bird

Location: Sundarban Delta, India

Collared kingfisher is a magnificent bird. I captured it in Sundarbans. The collared kingfisher is seen rarely. The book 'Birds of the Indian sub-continent' says that the subspecies davisoni of collared kingfisher is only found in one area and that is Andaman. So that means I have discovered a new territory of this subspecies of collared kingfisher.

When I went to Sundarbans my father was not there with us. I had gone there with my mother, my younger brother, my friend and his mother. Our trip was of six days. We spent three days in Sundarbans. It was the second day in Sundarbans when I saw the bird. We had gone to rehabilitation center, there I saw a bird fly and sit on a tree. I did not know which bird it was, but it was looking very beautiful so I captured photos of the bird. On coming home after the trip, I first identified the bird and learnt that it was collared kingfisher. Then then I did some research about it and found that it was only found in one area of India. Then I told it to my father. He said that this bird was very rare.

I will tell about the Sundarban trip in the next blog, till then keep reading and stay connected.

-Elder son

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