OPEN AND SHUT BEAK....OPENBILL STORK, RANGANTITTU....!!

Water being the life line and a must drink...This Openbill Stork has to work twice hard to quench its thirst...Here is the image made with back-lighting hi-lilting the break in beak and the water droplets..!

NIGHT HERON IN FLIGHT....RANGANTITTU...!!

This Night Heron in flight was imaged at Rangantittu ...The early morning light and the angle of flight shows the underparts of the wing structure against a blue backdrop the sky.

SCAVENGING FOR NESTING MATERIAL...SPOTBILLED PELICAN, RANGANTITTU....!!

This Spotbilled Pelican touched the water surface to fetch a floating twig to reinforce its nest. The early morning light has a golden touch to it.

UP AND CLOSE...EGRET...RANGANTITTU..!!

 Quick dash to Rangantittu Bird Sanctuary last Sunday morning did yield some nice images. Here is a close up image which reveals the intricate folds near the beak and the sharp red eyes.

PURPLE HERON...PORTRAIT...RANGANTITTU...KARNATAKA..!!

Portrait of Purple Heron with the Breeding plumage...

QUENCHING THIRST...OPEN BILL STORK...RANGANTITTU...KARNATAKA...!!

A quick dash to RANGANTITTU BIRD SANCTUARY on Saturday early morning yielded some nice action photographs...It was beautiful morning sun grazing the quietly flowing cauvery river. We were boating as early as 7.15 am...Nest building and reinforcing is in full swing. Spotbilled pelicans, and Painted storks were the birds of the day, interlaced with black headed Ibis, Egrets, and Night Herons...

In few were Stone plovers, River terns and Pied King fisher...and a big Croc. basking the Sunshine. Ended the session with a Wolly neck Stork an in flight Short Toes Snake Eagle and Bramhiny Kite.