So far in My Travelogue, I have featured some birding posts incl. Viralimalai and Perungudi Lake. In all these cases, I had to go somewhere to see the birds. But this is a unique one.
One fine evening, I headed to close the kitchen window and there, just on the other side, on the guava tree branch, was this gorgeous White Breasted Kingfisher. I ran to grab the camera and started clicking pics continuously. At one point this gorgeous bird turned to me and looked at me face to face. Still, it didn't bother to fly away. Then I really do not know what it thought of. I almost started to pose for me!!! Finally, it flew away. And I ran to the terrace to see if I could spot it. I luckily did. It was at the opposite electrical line near the pole!!! Lucky me!!!
- Scientific name of White Breasted Kingfisher: Halcyon smyrnensis
- White Breasted Kingfisher in Tamil: Venn thondai meenkothi
- White Breasted Kingfisher in Hindi: Khilkhila
- Found in India, Srilanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia and surrounding regions.
- Food habits of White Breasted Kingfisher: It is more of a land bird than a water bird. It has switched over to more of a terrestrial diet like insects.
nice photos
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ReplyDeleteI love bird watching especially with my elder brother. We have lots of fun during bird watching.
ReplyDeleteNature trails & bird watching should be made part of early education. It would do so much for kids to learn & savor these facts.
ReplyDeleteThat's a gorgeous colored kingfisher!
ReplyDeleteAmazing capture .
ReplyDelete@Krishna, Team G, Francisca & Sandeep,
ReplyDeleteThanks dears... :)
@Pooja Singh,
That must have been a great exp... :)
@Sanand,
That's true... :)
Nice bird pictures! Which lense do you have?
ReplyDeleteLens?! It was actually a Nikon Compact Digicam (Coolpix) without lens changing facility.
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