Birding Diaries today . Pelicans from the Hamirsar Lake in Bhuj #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography 
Birding Diaries today. The green bee-eaters are one of my favorites but when I started birdwatching I saw a few more varieties, like chestnut headed bee eater and blue bearded bee eater (love the name). These were photographed in Hampi and Anegundi. #birding #birdwatching
Birding Diaries today - a special bird - the brown fish owl . It’s not just the bird that is special but the habitat as well . I spotted it at Galibore along the Cauvery fishing camp. My foray into birdwatching started here. lakshmisharath.com/my-first-bird-… #birdwatching
Birding Diaries. This bird is special for many reasons. The crested goshawk is the first bird that I sighted in Thattekadu many years ago. It’s also one of my first sightings of a raptor in the wild which is not a kite or an eagle . Which is your favorite picture ? #birdwatching
Birding Diaries today - Yellow footed green pigeon from Coorg. Not the best angle for a photo but am not complaining as the bird posed for me #birdwatching
Birding Diaries today . I am sharing my photos of one of my favorite birds - #flamingos , photographed from Gujarat to Tamil Nadu. #birdwatching
And my first sighting of #flamingos was however in Pulicat Lake and what an experience that was . The photos don’t do any justice however . #birdwatching
Birding Diaries today . A pair of Eurasian collared doves , probably not seeing eye to eye after a fight in Hampi. Most people visit Hampi but to me it’s also a great place for birding .#birdwatching
Bird watching is not always up in the mountains or in a forest or by a river . There are birds everywhere , even on top of cenotaphs and palaces . The long billed vultures have a bond with Orccha in Madhya Pradesh #birdingdiaries #birdwatching #birdphotography
Birding Diaries today . Meet the white bellies woodpecker , which is one of the largest species of woodpeckers in India . Spotted the bird in Wayanad while driving through the forests #birdwatching
I miss this spotted owlet that used to wish me good morning every day during the walks in my park . One fine day , the bird vanished . A few days later, the tree where it used to have its home disappeared. And a few days later I stopped walking in that park . #birdwatching
Birding Diaries today . Turquoise or teal - the verditer is my favorite flycatcher . I saw it for the first time in Galibore and later at Ganeshgudi. And this is also my favorite shade of blue #birdwatching
Birding Diaries . Spot the nightjar contest . This nocturnal bird may be right next to your feet and you may not even know it . Spotted this bird at The Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) just after sunset. #birdwatching @GujaratTourism
Birding Diaries today . Purple heron , and the grey heron - you can see them in many water bodies #birdwatching
Showstoppers on the highway . Somewhere near Srirangapatna. Birding Diaries today features the black headed ibis #birdwatching
There is something about the way the school boy aka Malabar whistling thrush whistles ! Have you heard him ? Here are my photos taken in Ganeshgudi and Coorg. #birdwatching #birdphotography
Birding Diaries.The pretty Tickells Blue Flycatcher . This is the first species that I sighted , outside the ones we know , when I started birdwatching on my own . I sighted it Bannarghatta National Park for the first time but this one is from Ganeshgudi #birdwatching
Birding Diaries . The guardian of the jungles if you ask me is the Crested Serpent Eagle. It doesn’t matter if I don’t see a big cat but I am grateful if I spot this raptor . From Kabini in Karnataka and KMTR (Kalakadu Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve) in Tamil Nadu. #birdwatching
Birding Diaries today and it’s one of my favorite birds. Woolly necked stork from a cruise on the Zuari in Goa. It just struck me that I was into intense #birdwatching for about five years until 2015 and then in the last five years I have hardly been anywhere. Should change this
Another glossy bird from my sightings - the glossy ibis. My photos don’t really do justice to it’s bright and shiny plumage . I have spotted them in many lakes but my favorite is at the Carambolim Lake. #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdinginGoa
Nothing gives me more joy than sighting a Great Indian Hornbill in the wild . #birdwatching #birdwatchingphotography
Birding Diaries . Meet the blue capped rock thrush from Ganeshgudi #birdwatching
Birding Diaries - A different species of a thrush , the orange headed ground thrush . This was photographed by my husband Sharath in Mollem National Park in Goa #birdinginGoa #birdwatching
Birding Diaries today . Another vibrant bird photographed by Sharatj when went on a boat ride in the Zuari in Goa to see more birds, mainly kingfishers. This black capped kingfisher with purple plumage was my favorite #birdwatching
Birding Diaries - Black naped oriole in Thattekadu #birdwatching
Birding Diaries today . Black crowned night heron from Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary #birdwatching #birding @KarnatakaWorld
