Birds of Thattekad, Kerala


Finally uploaded my Thattekad photographs over the weekend. Not too many photographs, but the Frogmouth was the highlight of the whole trip. Anyway thats about all the photographs I have for now. Don’t know when my next wildlife trip will happen, considering I have so much work piled up.


Friends – Ashy Wood Swallows
Thattekad, Kerala, 4 Mar 2006

While waiting for the guide to turn up, we were at a bridge and noticed an Ashy wood swallow on a wire. Another one came to join the first bird and after a while a third one joined them. All three sat together and were preening each other for a good half hour. When a truck passed by, they decided take a break and have a look at the noise maker.

27 Comments

  1. cyberscorpion · March 13, 2006 Reply

    Awesome threesome !!! Gud Capture Kalyan….

  2. shruthi_dipali · March 13, 2006 Reply

    Really nice picture kalyan.. loved the frogmouth picture as well..

  3. Anonymous · March 13, 2006 Reply

    amazing…

  4. prashanthks · March 13, 2006 Reply

    koot….
    no preening pics?

  5. friedmomo · March 13, 2006 Reply

    POTD

    Dude.. Your photos are really awesome!

    My request is to have a Photo of the Day section with an RSS feed. 🙂 which keeps us updated. Thanks

  6. thaths · March 13, 2006 Reply

    You know, for years and years now I have always thought of this exact composition. My lenses are so crappy that this shot turns up with bits of the background being too much in focus. And with my lens I never can zoom close enough. Your photography inspires me to go digital.

  7. rohandsa · March 13, 2006 Reply

    Are they chicks/dudes/both? The guy in the middle looks really regal. 🙂

  8. nithya · March 13, 2006 Reply

    oooooooooooo i totally love em pics da…
    sent them to friends here.. they went totally gaga..

  9. admin · March 13, 2006 Reply

    Thanks dude 🙂

  10. admin · March 13, 2006 Reply

    You should make a trip to kerala, just to see this bird

  11. admin · March 13, 2006 Reply

    I have ton’s.. was planning to make a collage.. but never found time. Let me try to put that together one of these days

  12. admin · March 13, 2006 Reply

    I still don’t know why you have not got the D70 yet. Its damn cheap these days and I know you will miss your velvia rolls, but its time to move on dude.

    Looking forward to some photos from you. I have seen some amazing travel photographs coming out of you.

  13. admin · March 13, 2006 Reply

    Tough to tell as the males and females look the same. But out of these three, two of them were sitting for a while together.. so I presume they were a pair.

  14. thaths · March 13, 2006 Reply

    I am going to use my my last remaining rolls of Velvia in the next two weeks and I plan to buy a D200 next month.

  15. Anonymous · March 14, 2006 Reply

    Hi,

    Nice pic 🙂 Real good observation as well

  16. Anonymous · March 14, 2006 Reply

    How much does the D200 cost in Bangalore?

    Kartik

  17. admin · March 14, 2006 Reply

    I think the last I heard, it was about 65-70k in grey market

  18. deponti · March 14, 2006 Reply

    Lesser Nitpicker here…

    You still have to edit this entry to match the Thattekad photos…do it asap!

  19. nfpgasmask · March 14, 2006 Reply

    Man…

    …I wish you could go back in time with your D70 all the way to when dinosaurs roamed the earth, and then come back to today and show us your photos.
    🙂

  20. amoghavarsha · March 20, 2006 Reply

    I don’t want to post any more pics!

  21. Anonymous · March 21, 2006 Reply

    Wow!

    Kalyan, it’s an amazing shot! What are these birds looking at? It seems, they are looking at the same thing, ain’t they?

    Devang
    http://www.liveinforum.com

  22. Anonymous · March 21, 2006 Reply

    could also be pati, patni or wo

    Just could not resist being a bit naughty. The birds look soo cute. It also looks like one of those Republic Day parades. Eyes Left !

  23. sravann · March 21, 2006 Reply

    Re: could also be pati, patni or wo

    Sorry, I meant eyes right in the previous post. The army guys would be looking away from the President, if they did a eyes left! and that is a gravy mistake !

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