Sunday, March 30, 2008

Rajahstan Part 2

Photos from our 2 day camel trek through the desert around Jaisalmer













Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Rahjahstan part1

Photos from the first few days of our week in Rajahstan



White-eared Bulbul











Jodhpur fort and the blue city










JP looking very studious during the audio tour around Jodhpur Fort








And me being very cultured











And then I go and ruin the illusion that i may have grown up








Jodhpur fort from the south








And from the North, what a building eh!









JP givng away food!!! Not something you see very often







The floating palace of Udaipur, as seen in Bond film Octopussy








Variable Wheatear










Tawny Pipit











Rock Eagle Owl










White-tailed Plover










Common Babbler

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Gujarat

Photos from our lightning-paced tour of Gujarat- 5 days for an entire state, no wonder we missed practically everything!!


Ring-necked Parakeet














Red-wattled Lapwing














Greater Flamingo

















Hoopoe















Holy Man



















Oriental Honey Buzzard


















Mottled Wood Owl













Little Cormorant















Black Ibis















Citrine Wagtail














Crab Plover
















Photographing the Crab Plovers. Note use of the latest 'realtree' camoflauge material.

















JP demonstating the wonder that is a 'Sleeper Bus'

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Goa pix

A selection of pictures from our week in Goa. Most of these shots were taken from the balcony of the Beira Mar hotel, thats how easy the birding was.


Rose-coloured Starling

















Marsh Harrier















Painted Snipe















Purple Ron

















Pintail Snipe. I found these much easier to i.d in flight than from views like this




See what I mean












Clamorous Reed Warbler


















Blue-tailed Bee Eater
















Cinammon Bittern


















Forest Wagtail at Molem













Little Green Bee Eater

















Blue-capped Rock Thrush at Bondla
















Brown Wood Owl at Saligao spring



















Drinking fresh coconut milk, infinitely better than the stuff you can get out of 'fresh' coconut from Asda.


How we spent the vast majority of the week, drinking Kingfisher on the beach!!!