Bengal tiger

 

A very happy global Tiger day - Global Tiger Day is celebrated every year on July 29th as a way to raise awareness about this magnificent but endangered big cat.

Also, a day to acknowledge the efforts of the foot soldiers, the forest department, various NGO's and individuals who are working tirelessly towards the conservation of this magnificent species. Let their tribe grow!

The Royal Bengal tigers mainly inhabit the tropical forests of the Indian sub-continent, but in Bhutan, they have been recorded as high as 4,500 meters above sea level. As a top predator, tigers play an important role in maintaining a diverse and healthy forest ecosystem within their habitat landscapes

Blue-Eared Kingfisher

 

Blue-Eared Kingfisher 

Biological Name: Alcedo Meninting Regional Name: नीलकर्ण खंड्या / निळ्या कानाचा धीवर

Gears Used:

Camera: Canon 600D 

Lens: Tamron 150-600 mm VC USD G2

A very late post which I had clicked during my second visit to As I have already mentioned the sighting of the bird after giving some time and patience I was able to capture this beautiful and rare kingfisher near the stream area of the forest stay. I was lucky enough to capture this rare blue-eared kingfisher in different postures with head turn towards the left and also towards the right direction with its beak at an angle. Luckily for me it perched for 10 min in which I was able to capture different postures of this rare bird and was able to record some of its movements which I have posted earlier. I was very much lucky to cover the two rare species of the Kingfisher bird during this visit...✌🏻✨

Siberian Stonechat

Siberian Stonechat 

Biological Name: Saxicola Torquatus Regional Name: गप्पीदास/गोजा

Gears Used:

Camera: Canon 600D

 Lens: Tamron 150-600 mm VC USD G2

After the monsoon and after vaccination finally we went for a birding session at this spot. Accompanied by  sir and  we had a good session on a cloudy morning which we feared due to the untimely rains which we had experienced during our departure. We had our focus on some other water birds and some other birds but to our disappointment there was not much action. During the remainder of our session at a particular spot where there was dry grass a Siberian Stonechat was quite bold and was giving some good postures alongwith head turns at the right time with proper Bokeh in the background I was able to capture this bold bird and frame it properly. It was quite bold and it didn't shy away or it did not show any signs of discomfort even after our movements.

Amur Falcon (Female)

Amur Falcon (Female) 

Biological Name: Falco Amurensis Regional Name : अमूर ससाणा

Gears Used:

Camera: Canon 600D

Lens: Tamron 150-600 mm VC USD G2

"Standing alone is better than standing with people who don't value you."

Another different angle of this lifer bird for me. This particular spot serves as the perfect habitat for these migratory birds as it gets its food in abundance. After reaching at this particular spot we saw around 4 Amur Falcon Female but we couldn't spot the male. I was able to capture this after waiting patiently for some time as it was constantly changing its postures and it's position as it was getting bothered by people again and again as some idiots were approaching it closer even though they were equipped with their tele zoom lenses and even point and shoot cameras.
 

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Asian Brown Flycatcher 

Biological Name: Muscicapa Dauurica Regional Name: तपकीरी माशीमार

Gears Used:

Camera: Canon 600D

Lens: Tamron 150-600 mm VC USD G2

Another angle of this flycatcher which I have shared very late. I was exploring the area around So when I started for this particular patch, I had observed that the road was surrounded by dense to medium shrubs, and some huge trees on both the sides. When I arrived at this thorn laden tree, I had seen the moment of some of the birds on the tree like the Drongos, the Black hooded Oriole, and this Asian Brown Flycatcher. As it was afternoon the light conditions were somewhat harsh so I had to make some adjustments to take the above shot. The bird itself had perched on one of the branch which was above me, due to which I didn't get a proper eye level shot, this is what I could achieve.

Lesser Kestrel (Male)

Lesser Kestrel (Male)

Biological Name: Falco Naumanni Regional Name: चिनी ससाणा/छोटा खरूची

Gears Used:

Camera: Canon 600D

Lens: Tamron 150-600 mm VC USD G2

On a chilly winter morning accompanied by we set off for this beautiful location. After reaching there I was able to capture the three lifers of the three raptors. After we captured some of the other birds earlier we set off to explore the area nearby. One of the lifer birds which I was able to capture at this place alongwith the Amur Falcon. This particular place serves as the perfect habitat for this bird. As people started approaching this bird it changed its location moved further upwards. It perched itself on a thorn laden branch of a shrub. I was able to capture this beautiful portrait where it stayed for some time calmly as people were approaching it and making it uncomfortable for the bird.

Common Kingfisher/Small Blue

Common Kingfisher/Small Blue

Kingfisher

Biological Name: Alcedo Atthis

Regional Name: छोटा खंड्या

Gears Used:

Camera: Canon 600D

Lens Used: Tamron 150-600 mm VC USDG2

It is always a joy for me to capture this beautiful bird. No matter how many times I have captured it I always like to capture this Common Kingfisher. I have captured many frames and postures of this bird. This one truly stands out as I got to click this posture at the right time when it truly had its head turned to check out the surroundings in the vicinity. One of my favourite frames of this common yet beautiful bird.

Good Morning Fresh Nature Images | Nature Good Morning Pics

Sharing fresh and beautiful good morning nature images with your friends in the morning makes you energetic and refresh. Seeing a beautiful natural picture with trees, flowers, and rivers always makes everyone refresh because nature is our Home. An awesome good morning nature image HD Whatsapp picture would be best choice to photo to share in the morning. Beautiful good morning nature wallpapers and HD pics are the best way to start your day and to wish a very beautiful good morning to your friends.

Nature Blogs I Enjoy

 

I'm always happy to find good nature blogs. This is a collection of links to the ones I liked best. I love photography with evocative prose. Feel free to add the ones you love to the comment section below.

My own blog here at Wild Ozark is filled with nature photography, like the fungi below, art and my own musings along with posts about our homesteading life and the woodland plants.

I have artwork, too.

But my blogging on nature and my art is pretty much focused on the small area of Wild Ozark. And lately I've been more focused on my art than on photography or blogging. I love nature from all over though, so I'm building a list of the other nature blogs out there that inspire and evoke in me a love of nature.

I hope they give you the same sense of how sacred our Earth and all the life on it is.

Being pulled toward the heart of the world

 

How surely gravity's law,

strong as an ocean current, 

takes hold of even the strongest thing and pulls it toward the heart of the world.

Each thing-

each stone, blossom, child -

is held in place. 

Only we, in our arrogance, 

push out beyond what we belong to

for some empty freedom.

If we surrendered 

to earth's intelligence 

we could rise up rooted, like trees.

Instead we entangle ourselves

in knots of our own making 

and struggle, lonely and confused.

So, like children, we begin again 

to learn from the things, 

because they are in God's heart; 

they have never left him.

This is what the things teach us:

to fall, 

patiently trusting our heaviness.

Even a bird has to do that 

before he can fly.

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God