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Showing posts with label Pragathi Nagar Lake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pragathi Nagar Lake. Show all posts

March 09, 2016

One more of Mrs. Weaver...

Baya Weaver / గిజిగాడు female perching in the evening golden light, escorted by the Scaly-breasted munias in the background....!!

Sparrow Sized clever bird found in the Indian sub-continent and parts of Asia.
Build / weave hanging nests generally on thorny trees or palm trees and sometimes hanging over water, in a way to be safe from the predators. Interestingly, they also reinforce the nests with dunk and mud blobs to withstand even the heavy winds.
A popular folk belief in India that these birds stick fireflies with mud to the nest walls to light up the interior.

March 08, 2016

Counting on the flowers...

Purple Sun Bird - A distant relative of the Humming-bird and and Honey-eater by species, feeds mostly on the nectar, taking the advantage of the curved bill to puncture the base of the nectar-bearing-flowers.. Also feeds on fruits and occasionally on insects.
Lives in a self-built hanging pouch nest, made of cobwebs, lichen and tiny plant material..

February 28, 2016

Mrs. Weaver

Baya Weaver / గిజిగాడు female perching in the evening golden light..!!
Sparrow Sized clever bird found in the Indian sub-continent and parts of Asia.
Build / weave hanging nests generally on thorny trees or palm trees and sometimes hanging over water, in a way to be safe from the predators. Interestingly, they also reinforce the nests with dunk and mud blobs to withstand even the heavy winds.
A popular folk belief in India that these birds stick fireflies with mud to the nest walls to light up the interior.

Purple Sun Bird

A distant relative of the Humming-bird and and Honey-eater by species, feeds mostly on the nectar, taking the advantage of the curved bill to puncture the base of the nectar-bearing-flowers.. Also feeds on fruits and occasionally on insects.
Lives in a self-built hanging pouch nest, made of cobwebs, lichen and tiny plant material..

February 27, 2016

Nesting time..!!!

Busy mobilizing the nesting material ..
Painted stork / గుడ్డి కొక్కిరాయి / పసుపు ముక్కు కొంగ

August 08, 2015

Baya Weaver / గిజిగాడు

Sparrow Sized clever bird found in the Indian sub-continent and parts of Asia.
Build / weave hanging nests generally on thorny trees or palm trees and sometimes hanging over water, in a way to be safe from the predators. Interestingly, they also reinforce the nests with dunk and mud blobs to withstand even the heavy winds.
A popular folk belief in India that these birds stick fireflies with mud to the nest walls to light up the interior.

July 27, 2014

Flying Machine...

Black-headed IBIS / కంకణము / కంకడాయి / ఎఱ్రకాళ్ళ కొంగ..
At the Bird-habitat in Pragathi Nagar lake, Hyderabad.