Red-crested Pochards in sync.

Male is in the middle. Water hyacinth shrubs in the background.

A very productive birding hotspot in NE India. Picture shot from a rowing boat.

Nikon D6, Nikkor 500mm f/4e lens, x1.4, f/5.6, 1/2500s, ISO 640

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Tags:   Red Maguri Motapung Beel Maguri Beel Red-crested Pochard Sunrays+5

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A.k.a. Brown Boobook.

Resident of Himalayan foothills, hills of NE India. Hawk-like profile with slim body, long tail and narrow head, Has uniform brown underparts showing variable amounts of white spotting on scapulars, all-dark face except for variable white patches above bill.

This was spotted at night in the forest. Picture captured with the help of a flash light.

Nikon D6, Nikkor 500mm f/4e lens, x1.4, f/5.6, 1/40s, ISO 10,000

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Flickr Explore: December 29, 2024

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Breeds in Ladakh; widespread winter visitor. Yellowish legs and black-tipped yellow bill. Adult has white head with black banding across crown and white line down grey neck. Feeds mainly at night in cultivation or grassland on river banks; roosts by day on sandbanks of large rivers. Breeds on swampy ground by high-altitude lakes; winters near large rivers, lakes and reservoirs; also coastal islands in the Sunderbans, Bangladesh.

Captured from a rowing boat.

Nikon D6, 500mm f4/e lens, 1/800s, f5.6, 1/1600s, ISO 800

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Tags:   Orange Birds in India Tinsukia Bar-headed goose Anser indicus

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Breeds in Himalayas, widespread winter visitor to India. Rusty orange, with buff to orange head, white upperwing- and underwing coverts contrast with black remiges in flight. Breeding male has black neck collar, which is less distinct or absent in non-breeding plumage. Female resembles male, but has diffuse whitish face patch. Usually feeds by grazing on banks of rivers and lakes; also by wading in shallow water, dabbling and upending. Breeds around high-altitude lakes and swamps; winters by large open lakes and rivers, especially with sandbanks and sandy islets.

Captured early morning from a rowing boat.

Nikon D6, Nikkor 500mm f/4e lens, x1.4, f/5.6, 1/4000s, ISO 500.

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Flickr Explore: August 30, 2024

Tags:   Red Maguri Beel Maguri Motapung Beel Ruddy Shelduck Birds of Assam Coth5+ Tadorna ferruginea

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Widespread resident in plains; unrecorded in parts of NW and NE subcontinent. Stout, dull-colored 'open-bill'. Largely white (breeding) or greyish-white (non-breeding) with black flight feathers and tail (clear in flight); legs usually dull pink, brighter in breeding condition. Forages singly or in small or medium-sized flocks. Usually seeks food by submerging its head and opened bill into shallow water and probing bottom mud; the bill is quickly closed on any prey.

Maguri Beel in the district of Tinsukia is a wonderful birding site! This bird was captured from a boat early in the morning after a heavy fog had lifted.

Nikon D6, Nikkor 500mm f/4e lens, x1.4, f/5.6, 1/6400s, ISO 800.

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Flickr Explore: June 24, 2024

Tags:   Green Asian Openbill Stork Maguri Beel Anastomus oscitans Sunrays+5 Coth5+

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