Saturday, July 12, 2014

Great Eastern Egret Fishing at Chilka

Chilka Lake which is around 55 kms from Puri is home for many birds. We went boating in the lake for around 4 hours and could see few birds.


One such bird is Great Eastern Egret trying to fish in the fishing net. Here are few glimpses of the same.




29 comments:

Little Wandering Wren said...

I can see why the bird is drawn to this fishing spot but watch those feet in the net...
Wren

TexWisGirl said...

hope he doesn't get caught in it!

FAB said...

Nice images of the Egret but I do hope it never gets caught up in the nets.

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

Surely he will not catch fish through the net! Have a great weekend.

Lancelot Quadras said...

A good click..

carol l mckenna said...

Wow! Gorgeous bird and photography ~ thanks, ^_^

artmusedog and carol (A Creative Harbor)

Anonymous said...

Nice captures.

Adam Jones said...

Superb looking Egret.

Anonymous said...

Ha, we have egrets here in the USA as well. They love to fish.
Here's an interesting story: Recently, one of those stupid drones, the delivery kind, passed over a nearby lake. Spoiled all the fishermen's fun because the shadow of the drone looked like an egret and chased away all the fish from the shore! How about that? Thank you for nice photos. Yo-Ma Ma

sunshine said...

Great shots and a beautiful bird.

Betsy Brock said...

Isn't he a beauty!

Anonymous said...

il va se prendre dans les filets et coincer ses pattes

Kenneth Cole Schneider said...

Looks much like our Great Egret. Interesting sequence!

mick said...

Great photos of the Egret and its attempts to fish.

eileeninmd said...

Pretty Egrets, lovely shots.

Anonymous said...

Great capture of the beautiful bird.

Rohrerbot said...

Egrets are such amazing birds! They make great artistic shots:) Lovely capture!

Linda said...

Pretty shots! I love egrets and herons; they look so interesting.

Anonymous said...

A beautiful egret, and great pics. Could you throw some light on those nets? I don't understand what they're for, they don't seem to be suitably located for catching fish..

Anonymous said...

Stunning pictures!

Rajesh said...

They are fishing nets.

Bushra said...

Such beautiful clicks. Your blog is always a treat to the eyes! :)
Stiletto Maniac

AmitAag said...

Clever indeed...on the net to be doubly sure;)

Abhijit Ray said...

Very majestic bird in white.

Unknown said...

A good click.....

Rat said...

great captures

A Rat's Nibble

Oriyarasoi said...

lovely pics.....i have seen a few of these birds during my trips to Odisha..but first time I am seeing it trying to catch fish on that net

K.A. Acharya said...

Beautiful white birds...

Meoww said...

That's a pretty smart egret. Hopefully it has more experiences not getting tangled in the net!