Saturday, May 3, 2014

Indian Pond Heron at Bhubaneshwar

When we visited Mukteswar Temple at Bhubaneshwar I spotted Indian Pond Heron with breeding plumage on the top of tree. 



During the breeding season it looks stunning due to change of its colors. It has a deep maroon and brownish golden plumage at breeding time. Red legs and lanceolate plume at the back of the head complete the transformation. 




26 comments:

  1. interesting look lots of birds today

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  2. It is so funny to see those big birds perched in trees! I like herons!

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  3. beautiful, soft coloring!

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  4. Beautiful shots of the heron.

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  5. A beautiful bird.

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  6. Beautiful Heron, great shot Rajesh!

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  7. Anonymous14:14

    Nice shots.

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  8. Love the muted colors against the tree branches...bravo for beautiful images.

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  9. Neat bird, great shots!

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  10. Anonymous02:15

    Beautiful captures.

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  11. Beautiful, and amazing all the different species of Heron around the world!

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  12. hadn't seen this heron before; lovely to see

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  13. Wonderful images, beautiful bird!

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  14. Great bird Rajesh, 2 lovely images mate.

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  15. These are some of the rarest species of birds, you will never find them flying around. . Great picture, Rajesh and thank you for sharing this picture with us. Your blog is really simple as well as informative and I like that. I will be looking forward to your next post.

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  16. lovely shots of the bird

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  17. That was some click...nature up close and personal

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  18. Nice shot of a beautiful bird

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