Photography by Neville

The Great Escape

I’ve been a very on and off user over at Flickr for many years now. After joining BNG Birds group at yahoo I have become a more frequent poster at Flickr as a lot of other photographers I know also post up there. It’s a nice and simple way of getting a wider audience and more comments.

For regular visitors of my blog there are more images there that didn’t make the final cut and end up on the website. So do take a look at some of my other shots over there too.

http://flickr.com/nevillel

Comments are always welcome!

Since my recent foray into the world of Bird photography I’ve been meeting a lot of birders on-line and also out in the field. One of the best places to meet like minded people is by joining the BNG Birds group on Yahoo Groups.  It’s a relatively simple matter of just signing in and joining the group. Once thats done you can see what birders in your area (Bangalore) are up to.

The group also has various trips on almost every weekend to places which are known for the variety in birds. I’ve been with this group to Nandi Hills, Shivanahalli and Anekal. In these trips I’ve basically learnt a lot more about birding than I would have going out by myself. I’ve seen and spotted many more species of birds and become better at identifying calls of certain birds.

There are a lot of great people who you can meet during these trips and its definetiely worth checking out. Catch you at the next BNG Birds trip!

Finally, I got to see them and shoot some great images of these magnificent flying creatures! They seem to be doing well in Ramnagaram and I hope that this continues. These LBV’s are becoming extinct all over the country because of a veterinary drug called diclofenac.

Incoming!

The Watchful Pair

Read more about the Long Billed Vulture / Indian Vulture at the Wikipedia entry. These magnificent birds are a marvel to look at so lets do everything we can to help them survive.

In flight

In Thought

One of the largest cycling events in India happened in Bangalore. Here are some shots of the huge event!

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This week was an incredible learning experience for me. Nandi Hills on Thursday with a bunch of 11 other birders from BNG Birds and with another group on Sunday morning at Shivanahalli.

I learnt a lot about birds, their habits, common traits and sounds. The weather was also superb and we had no problems with clouds getting in the way of our search for the birds.

The highlight for me was the Black Shouldered Kite -

Black Shouldered Kite

This beautiful bird was just about 10 feet away from me and was almost posing for me. I must have shot 50 odd images of this bird while he sat around patiently. Thanks to Mahesh for stopping his car so I could get down and take these shots!

In Deep Thought

Longing for the Sky

Are you done yet?

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