Saturday, April 13, 2013

Birds in Neighbourhood - 2

I am the few of the fortunate who occasionally get to see few birds of different variety around my house in Bangalore. I have captured few of them in my camera and here they are.




One such beautiful bird is Red-whiskered Bulbul



This bird is about 20 centimeters in length with brown upper-parts and whitish underparts. It has a tall pointed black crest, red face patch. The tail is long and brown with white terminal feather tips, but the vent area is red.



They are found mainly in tropical Asia. It feeds on fruits, nectar and insects.


32 comments:

  1. All Are Amazing..... lovely Clicks

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  2. our bulbul lacks the wonderful hat!



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  3. Anonymous10:17

    These shots are magical!

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  4. It is a beautiful bird. I like the tuft on its head. Well captured.

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  5. Beautiful capture on the bulbul! Glad u could have them around.
    I found this bird in Kodaikanal, but I used to see Red vented bulbul near my home sometime.

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  6. I have never heard of a Red-whiskered Bulbul before. It's a handsome bird.

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  7. So pretty! Red Vented Bulbul is common sight but I saw Red Whiskered Bulbul just once in my locality!
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  8. just a wonderful, handsome bird!

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  9. I've never seen this beauty before! What an incredible, wonderful species.

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  10. U r indeed fortunate to find all these birds in your neighborhood....

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  11. lovely captures. this is one of my fav birds.. we see quite a few of them near my house, and i love seeing them and clicking them too :D

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  12. Anonymous22:56

    love those head feathers =)

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  13. I was going to say this is a very beautiful bird but one with which I'm not familiar. You're lucky to have such avians in your yard!

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  14. ♪✿
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    É um pássaro bonito e desconhecido, nunca o vi antes.
    Bom fim de semana!
    Beijinhos do Brasil

    ¸.•°♡⊱╮╮

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  15. An attractive bird - on first glance I thought the crest on the bird's head was it's top beak and that it had it's mouth wide open: silly me! Great captures. (Thanks for visiting my blog)

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  16. Nice shots!

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  17. What a beautiful bird! I can only imagine what it must be like to see this in your own backyard.

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  18. Lovely photos!
    Nice to study!

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  19. Nice bird, and so close by!

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  20. That crest really is something.
    Lovely shots Rajesh!

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  21. What a handsome bird. I love his top of head feather!

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  22. Beautiful bird and great photos of it.

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  23. Nice shots! Have a great day!

    Shantana

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  24. It is a pretty bird, I like the crest! Great sighting and photo!

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  25. Anonymous04:06

    Nice captures of this lovely bird!

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  26. I love your shots of the bulbul, such an interesting bird with it's topknot and red spot.

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  27. Thank you. I am glad you all liked this bird.

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  28. What a great looking bird, and thank you for sharing it with us~

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  29. Interesting bird! I've never seen one of these before!!!

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  30. Anonymous12:43

    Thanks for refreshing my fond memories with these lovely pics. I had recently penned down my childhood experiences with a family of Bulbuls- http://aamjunta.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/an-indian-summer-with-the-bulbuls/

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