Pictures of common birds from a tiny sanctuary that we call home. We bought a barren piece of land to build our house on and are slowly trying to turn it into a mini sanctuary. All these pictures are from within our compound. #IndiAves #TribeIndiAves
It’s easy to do and great fun. Every new species that we see is a ‘major discovery’ for us
It soon becomes a pretty cool outdoor studio for lazy blokes like me. No carrying heavy equipment over rough tracks cause we can shoot with a beer glass in one hand. Makes life easier
We still haven’t got anything spectacularly rare but it’s not bad to have Bluethroats or Barred Buttonquails outside your bedroom
Hell, even the Booted warbler, a common bird, suspended between two reeds while trying to drink water is not a bad sight with your wake up coffee
It’s great to see Kestrels from the dining room - don’t tell me they are common, I know. I love the fact that Baya & Black breasted weaver birds - both nest at home
We - my wife, our 9 year old cub and I - we share our home with a lot of species and it’s just awesome

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31 Aug
Nothing to see here just a Banyan tree
Ficus benghalensis - remember the name. In my opinion a poster tree of India
It’s widely believed that the word ‘baniya’ comes from this tree. This may or may not be true - just don’t bring it up in front of my in laws
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26 Aug
Let me tell you a sad story from 12 years ago. A story that had a huge impact on me. A story about two tigers that were poisoned on the outskirts of Ranthambhore.
I was called as one of the two independent eye witnesses by the Deputy Field Director of Ranthambhore to follow some ridiculous protocol. If you want details of the event - they are here

dickysingh.com/2010/03/08/two…
How it effected me - One man with accomplices poisoned a goat carcass that two sub adult tigers had killed and then left it for them to eat, which they did two days later. A few hours later they died miserably
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28 Jul
Almost all wild cats are ‘ambush hunters’ and #Camouflage is really important to them. I would have never spotted this leopard if he did not turn his head to look towards us

- a photo thread for #IndiAves
Same here. If this Caracal had not moved her head to show her gorgeous ‘tufted ears’ my guide would have never spotted her.
Name: सिया or Ink - गोश or ears : to make सियागोश in Hindi, their name
We had spotted this Jungle cat entering this patch of short grass and then totally lost her till she came out in the open. We are good at spotting wildlife, really good but this one played with us.
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10 Jun
Nesting started again at hone. A pair of Baya weaver birds ‘practising’ nest building
The Purple Sunbirds are already done with adding one more generation.
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24 Mar
Great fun taking pictures with the #iPhone12Pro in Ranthambhore. Didn’t take the heavy camera bag, just one phone in the shirt pocket. This is what we call the ‘Bada gate’ or the big gate.
Another perspective of the same gate
The phone shoots between 13 and 65 mm so one needs to be close to the subject, pretty close. It handles everything wide very well and has an awesome dynamic range. Much much better than any phone that I have used. In fact as good as good DSLRs in that sense.
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27 Jan
Tiger habitat.
When I started serious photography in the year 2000, powerful telephoto lenses were kind of unaffordable for me. I had a 70-200 mm lens for a few years. I had no choice but to include a lot of habitat in my picture.
I loved shots that included a lot of habitat and still do. It adds to the feeling of wilderness.
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