Saturday, January 31, 2015

Fishing at Chilka Lake

Chilka Lake, a brackish water lagoon spread over a large area is around 55 kms from Puri.


The ecosystem of this lake has large fishery resources supporting livelihood of lot of families on the coast. 




In this area there are lot of birds that are migratory as well as local to the region.



24 comments:

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

WOW! What a beak that bird has. Great shots. Have a lovely weekend.

Bob Bushell said...

Beautiful images of the birds and the water.

sandyland said...

splendid close up

TexWisGirl said...

wow! that crow is awesome! his hooked bill is amazing!

Anonymous said...

Great capture of the bird.

carol l mckenna said...

Magnificent nature photography ~ Love the birds!

Happy Weekend,
artmusedog and carol

Pat said...

Great photos...longing to see India again.

Su-sieee! Mac said...

Great photos, Rajesh. I especially like the middle photo. The bird is intense about something. :-)

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Mr. Crow seems like he wants to go fishing!
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R Niranjan Das said...

Nice shots.

Unknown said...

That looks like a very sharp beak.

betty-NZ said...

Your part of the world seems so different from mine even though we both have water and birds around. I like that last shot.

Ramakrishnan said...

Nice images.I like the close up of the crow !

Unknown said...

Nice shots! Love the bird captures.

Betsy Brock said...

My, my! Look at that curved beak! Wonderful!

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

Enjoy seeing the birds perched on the reeds.

Jeevan said...

Great photos! Liked the last one with cormorants perching atop?

Karen said...

Great close-u! The hooked beak is cool!

Alok singhal said...

I have heard about this Lake. Good to see it supporting a good ecosystem!

Kokila gupta said...

Beautiful shots !

Maniparna said...

Chilika is a fascinating place for photography. Have visited many times....loved the pictures... :-)

Rakesh said...

Beautiful place!

Purba chakraborty said...

I loved the Chilka Lake.
Great pics :)

Yogi Saraswat said...

Beautiful shots ! Love the bird captures