Thread by @opsimath6

Thought I would do a thread on our winged friends posting a duo of my painting and photos for each indl species....to bring a 'route of evanescence' on the TL...starting with my fav 'common bird' The red-whiskered bulbul

Next up Mr Copper sulphate himself(how's that for some evanescent chemistry).... #VerditerFlycatcher

The Lhouly Niltava from Lhou village Tawang #Niltavasundara

Presenting Mr and Mrs Longtailed Minivet with the Nohkalikai falls as backdrop.....The photographs were clicked in Arunachal Pradesh though

Now one that encompasses all the colours of the rainbow...Intermediate Egret from Mangalajodi

Now one from Bhimtal Uttarakhand....The Lesser Yellownape Woodpecker....One of my initial attempts at painting birds in acrylics

Another one of those initial attempts....with palette knife and acrylic texture gel this time
......Blue throated Barbet from Solmara Assam

Goodmorning...say hello to Momma Grey- headed Swamphen as her lil chicks absorb all her love and all the colours around them in Mangalajodi

And since our boys in blue are on a roll(no am not watching the matches) and all you tweeples are happy about it
....Presenting the Indian Roller...the Indian "winterscape' from Rohtak Haryana and the photo from Kaziranga Assam(of the NE subspecies)

Next up the quintessential "Bambai ka bird" The Coppersmith Barbet...the photo is from Colaba Mumbai but the painted birds I have put in the midst of a 'flame of the forest'

'To be or not to be'
These guys have definitely decided to BEEE....living it up , tossing their food up in the air...feeding with aerial acrobatics...The Green Bee eater...the photo from Hissar Haryana,the artwork an addition to the scroll painting genre....

A pastel work for a change of pace....of a "homemaker'😬....Streaked weaver from Sonitpur Assam

Bringing up the Baker's dozen is the yellow bellied Fantail.....Photo from Tenga Arunachal

Fourteen brings up a flamboyance(hence the extra pic)
....the paintings feature both the lesser and Greater Flamingoes respectively... the photoscape is from Uran Maharashtra....pretty flamboyant the houses there too!

'The painted ones'...
Have observed these guys from close quarters quite a few times...but for some reason wasnt carrying a camera....The photo is a record shot clicked from afar in Karanja,Maharashtra #PaintedStork

Goodmorning,Now for the bird that made me a 'birding enthusiast'.... In my teens on a misty ethereal day in Naukuchiatal,saw this magical bird flitting through the trees with its long tail swirling about & I was hooked,thewhite morph is from colaba,the rufous from Karanja

This pairing you aren't likely to see in nature white-capped Redstarts with coral jasmines( Nyctanthes arbor-tristis-the tree of sorrow coz they lose their flowers come morning)....As a painter I can bring them together😊....The photo clicked in Arunachal

Next a bird that reminds me of birthday parties from my childhood...why?Because of its call that is very reminiscent of those party horns(whistles with a curled up paper pipe) we used to get as 'return gifts' those days, Busybodies #BlackBulbul with plum blossoms

One of my initial attempts at chinese ink and brush painting.... Streak Breasted Scimitar Babbler with spider chrysanthemum,the photograph is from Tawang a decade back

Bringing up a score are the Four Kings...The Common,White -throated,Pied and the Black- capped...even though I have observed the BCKF in the wild in Kerala dont have a record shot for it....Have placed all four of them in the riverscape of the Ramganga in Pithoragarh

Creeping at up No 21 is the #Wallcreeper....the artwork a quick pastels done years ago....the photo from Rupa Arunachal a decade back

'Ugliness is superior to beauty because it lasts'.. pastel sketch of the Greater Adjutant stork,its name derived from its peculiar 'military' walk(all of us who have served in the army have one time or other,have held the post of the "adjutant')..the pic is of its Lesser cousin

Small Birdie with big name...another one of my initial attempts with chinese ink and brush #RedBilledLeiothrix....The photo is from Zemithang, Arunachal Pradesh

Another lil but fun birdie....dance around with their food..step on them caterpillars tandav style then eat it... #GreenBackedTit

Bringing up the silver jubilee of this winged Tango is the secretive yet resplendent in form #OrangeheadedThrush ,I have paired it with the malayalee's fav flower The Indian laburnum...The photo collage is from Chilka(female) and Karanja(male) respectively

The Himalayan Bulbul....jaunty 'hairstyle' and busybodies like most bulbuls....Photo from Gangolighat,Uttarakhand

This one is 'on request' by @auldtimer....the tweet that is...the painting was done a few years back..first attempt on unsized rice paper(bleeds like crazy) .....The photo of the house crow is from Calicut...A crow is a peacock in stealth mode

Now for the national bird...the painting of course features a white peacock(Nopes leucistic animals are not a separate species)...the photograph is from Chilika

Today's post is a lil different....A painting featuring Mrs Gould's Sunbird,Forest Owlet and ODKF,I dont have the photographs of the other two(forest owlet is endangered and rare,ODKF hopefully one day I will be able to see),the Photo of Mrs Gould's sunbird from Tawang

30th on the thread....the pheasant tailed Jacana (with an Image of Guan-yin)....The photo is from Chilika,Odisha(non-breeding hence the tail is missing)