Saturday, October 27, 2012

Ashy Prinia at Hebbal Lake, Bangalore

Hebbal Lake in north Bangalore is favorite spot for various colorful birds. People have identified nearly 100 spices of birds here.



One among them is Ashy Prinia a small warbler. It is in small size about 13 cms long with distinctive colors. They have upright graduated cream tail tipped with black sub-terminal spots. 



This is a common bird in urban garden and farmland in many parts of India. 

25 comments:

Jeevan said...

Beautiful capture on the bird! I visited this lake last year during my visit there.

Gale said...

What a pretty bird!

rupam sarma said...

Awesome Click. Thanks for the post.

Anonymous said...

Lovely capture of the singing bird!

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous shots!

eileeninmd said...

Pretty bird and great shots, Rajesh!

Al said...

What a pretty bird - I always love seeing birds and sometimes wish I could fly like them.

genie said...

What a beautiful little bird, Rajesh. I love that first picture where he has his mouth open singing away. Such a sweet post. genie

Pia said...

Seems he is a good singer... and what a nice tailfeather he has. Little beauty!

Ranjana's craft blog said...

Yes....Even I've observed this. Good click.

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

A lovely bird -- which looks very exotic to me! The last picture is especially lovely -- looks like a tapestry.

Modesto Viegas said...

Nice bird!

i stora drag said...

What a nice bird! And rare to me!
Good photos!
Greetings Pia

FOREST SNAPPER said...

lovely shots Rajesh,what a strange tail on this bird.



peter

Nette Cecilia said...

Pretty bird and great shots .Nette

mick said...

Great photos of a beautiful little bird.

Unknown said...

Nice bird, and shot!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

Stewart M said...

Thats a common garden bird I would like to see - now I wonder if work will pay for a trip to India?

Stewart M - Australia

Mary Howell Cromer said...

What a lovely bird!

Anonymous said...

Hi,
nice one :) I stay close to Hebbal lake and come there often for birding. It would be nice to catch with you sometime.

Cheers,
www.bhargavshandilya.wordpress.com

Maurizio Riccio said...

Nice to catch him/her while singing. Thanks for sharing.

Neil said...

Nice Bird.

Sudhir R said...

Great shot!

Anita Sabat said...

You knew the name of the bird?
Really cool! :)

Anonymous said...

My Hebbal Lake trip is still due..Hope I get to see some of these.. :)