9 years ago
The amazing Birdlife
Raptors
With the amount of food avai
the Brahminy Kite immature and Adult is a common site
Views of a large flock of Lesser Whistling Ducks
Changeable hawk-eagle - photo taken from the watch tower at Dobanki
Asian Pied Starling
A majestic White-bellied Sea Eagle takes flight. Picture taken from the Canopy walk at Dobanki
Brown Fish Owl waits for Lunch to come his way
Grey-headed Lapwings (Plovers)
on the shore
A majestic White-bellied Sea Eagle takes flight. Picture taken from the Canopy walk at Dobanki
Brown Fish Owl waits for Lunch to come his way
Grey-headed Lapwings (Plovers)
Reptiles
Alighting at Sajnekhali Wildlife Sanctuary for our registration & entry
A full view of him. this is my second view of the Water Monitor. My first view was at Sapi Island, Sabah in Northern Borneo where they came right out of the ditch to catch the lefovers from the Sushi Bars on the beach. See my blog on Northern Borneo Sarawak and Sabah from the link on the right of this page.
The Esturine Crocdile happily sun-bathing on the shore until he is disturbed by another boat that gets too close to him - decides to jump back into the safety of the river
And another below amongst the pheumatophores (aerial roots) getting warmed up
Mammals
to be seen
No monkey business out here - deeply contemplating the cold.
This Rheseus Macaque did not move even when our boat achored close to the shore at Dopani
Wild Boar flles at the sight of our boat
On the Boat -M.V. Sundari
The culinary delights of Bengal
Poor fish on our boat waiting to be cooked
Our boatman-cum-cook takes a fishy pose
The Legend of Bonobibi
there are many stories & legends surrounding her & our resort arranged for a short skit on one of the legends depicting her protective powers. Some scenes from the skit below
Celestial sights
Common as it may seem, the setting sun has its own beauty & here in the Sunderbans, the Matla river assumed a different hue as the great red ball took a bow for the day
The sun has gone down, but the waves still shimmer with gentle orange
and now its' time for this crescent moon as we head home for the night
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