Caught in the rain
With all the rain coming down these days, I got a chance to snap some pics of a bird (an eagle of some sort, I think). Last time I was at home and it was raining, I was able to snap some peacocks.
This guy was sitting on the street lamp in the lane just outside our house. Every time I take a picture like this, I feel that I need to get a much bigger lens. Here are some more:
In this last one, it decided to move to different lamp.
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August 7th, 2008 at 10:52 am
Nice. Also liked the pictures of the ducks and the stork. So did you finally get around to using the stork logo?
Cheers,
Quirky Indian
August 7th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
@QI
Thanks.
Nopes, the stork logo is still just sitting there.
August 7th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
I assume its ‘Changeable Hawk-Eagle’.
August 7th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Nopes Anshul, it doesn’t look like one…
August 7th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Is it eagle ?
August 7th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Oriental Honey Buzzard, it can be if its not eagle due to size. Another Wild guess…
August 8th, 2008 at 2:13 am
Hmmm… we should keep looking… Maybe I should announce a prize for anyone who can identify this…
August 8th, 2008 at 11:41 am
It looks like this one:
http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Home/Animals/Birds/Orders-of-Living-Birds/Owls/Typical-Owls/Bengal-Eagle-Owl/Bengal-Eagle-Owl-3.html
therefore it is “Bengal Eagle-Owl”
Where is my prize?
August 8th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Nopes… my bird is definitely not an owl. So, no prize.
August 8th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
I didn’t said it’s owl. It is “Eagle Owl”, a special Eagle which is Owl and vice versa
August 8th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Oh well… any kind of Owl… It’s looks nothing like an owl
August 12th, 2008 at 9:54 am
How close is this.
The only other bird which has similar but more clear colors is the Red Kite, but it has yellow bill.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:19 am
hi Anshul, you sure are persistent. Yes, this one is pretty close, but not sure if it is the same thing.
But yes, this is the best match yet.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:34 am
The scientific name of Common Buzzard is Buteo buteo, and another bird of prey with similar look and feel is Buteo Jamaicensis i.e. the Red tailed hawk.
The one in the pic looks like the juvenile version of the red tailed hawk.
I think, this one is the closest I could get considering we started with an eagle.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Yes. I agree. This is the closest that we are to identifying the bird.
August 27th, 2008 at 4:00 am
Thanks to Sayan, there is an identification of this bird. It’s called a Shikra, and here’s a picture: http://www.birding.in/birds/Ciconiiformes/Accipitridae/shikra.htm