Lesser Hill Myna

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> As Story Posted in <a href="http://www.yugworld.net/2017/02/malabar-parakeet.html#.WKNMIn8-gqI">Malabar Parakeet</a>  i was on a terrace of allotted studio room of Club Mahindra on 05/02/17 with new friend Mandar Prabhu.we had sighted more than 10 species in the morning.<br /> The temperature was at 10 degree n windy weather so thought to go and sleep again coz feel was about of 8 degree and i had felt minimum of 10 degree.but i stick there for new birds and i was lucky coz after clicking Malabar Grey Hornbill around at 7am n clicked ome shots but due to low light,those were not up o my mark n did bird watching coz tree was not more than 30ft n just little above the eye level.<br /> After 8am started clicking photos n around 8.30am 3-4 Hill myna came there.1st time seen its neck lappets or nape patches,while its head was down..looks so beautiful.it was Lesser Hill Myna.<br /> <b></b>It averages 9 to 10 inches in length, including its tail. The eye and nape patches are not joined and the back wattle patches curve around up toward the crown in a U shape. This myna has a slightly narrower beak than the Greater Hill Myna. ( <a href="https://www.beautyofbirds.com/commonhillmynas.html">source</a> )<br /> i had clicked so many shots of Lesser Hill Myna but this pic shows its nape patches were down otherwise you can't see as per my opinion. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPkV9NT0PdVxVGiqTznd3qEPom8-y9_jifrT4_1qjtw0MFUh-wbIXzQwTouvy2gFTQXEdWEHSjaTM2Ajt6sj6O0eXlYqjmduYd06RCBKXKJTxWIYXucXGB4VxOFPnhPA0r8j7WreqbGVZH/s1600/Lesser+Hill+Myna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPkV9NT0PdVxVGiqTznd3qEPom8-y9_jifrT4_1qjtw0MFUh-wbIXzQwTouvy2gFTQXEdWEHSjaTM2Ajt6sj6O0eXlYqjmduYd06RCBKXKJTxWIYXucXGB4VxOFPnhPA0r8j7WreqbGVZH/s640/Lesser+Hill+Myna.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Exifs :<br /> Canon 7D Mark2<br /> Manual Mode<br /> f /5.6 || Shutter speed 1/1000 || ISO 800 || 600mm || White Balance : Daylight<br /> Madikeri, Karnataka</div>

Lesser Hill Myna

As Story Posted in Malabar Parakeet   i was on a terrace of allotted studio room of Club Mahindra on 05/02/17 with new friend Mandar Prab...

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Jungle Myna

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Sometime you been more happy when you get un-expected thing.i went to Bardoli at Viren's home for photography of Snipe and breeding plumage of Cattle egret's close shot on 22/05/16.reached around at 7.30am and we went in Viren's innova with Viren's son Ansh,Hiren.<br /> At first we went where Viren had clicked extreme close shot of breeding plumage of Cattle egret but that tree was cut so get mine 1st disappointment.so we went to a lake where Viren had clicked Snipe pair,we had search lot but didn't sighted.here get mine 2nd disappointment.<br /> Now Viren thought before we get late,went to a lake where he and Hiren mostly go so fter drive of 30min we reached there.we had clicked Blue-tailed Bee-eater,Lesser-whistling Duck,Purple Heron nd pied Kingfisher nad flying shots of breeding plumage of Cattle egret.its 10am and decided to went a farm where he had sighted francolin but he have no camera that time n missed shot so we went there.its a far away n reached there after drive of 1 hour,in between we had sighted breeding plumage of Cattle egret beside road n clicked good shots.<br /> very well planed farm,liked so much but get 3rd disappointment and leave that place after 30min. Now Viren told go home for lunch as got call so we were on the way to Bardoli via another road.Viren want to show me a engineering miracle of bridge and we reached there after drive of 30min.i had captured a video of that engineering miracle made,will share that video later.while we were clicking swallows,Hiren was waving his hand to come there and i moved quickely.he told"doctor focus on that bird,it must be a Jungle Myna".i told Jungle Myna and here its not possible,even though i clicked from far away and zoom but its blurred.when i tried again,it fly away.Then very carefully seen the eyes in camera and its wow coz its lifer for all of us.<br /> Now the hunt begins for Jungle Myna but we failed to locate till 10min.again thought for disappointment but Luckily Hiren sighted it under the bridge.its very difficult to go down near end point of bridge coz there is no tree or else to we pick and go down,if we slip....gone directly to 30-40feet in the dried river.but finally got succeed. forget to change aperture-priority to manual coz get low shutter speed in images but 2-3images were superb for me.i had recorded a video too but its handheld and too much wind so you cant enjoy the video.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY92NQV-3mdSrR27M_5KJ_2KpnIVNh6rVnnsZ6v68vsdZcmDDDzqPtG8XpfA5DaztKgOvxmHkSFvFi2tid_ZomiBSlMt8rx6mXEPi0rQSNwdmWCzkHB_5T4TI1FOlpJdEjIdwpOevhNeSh/s1600/Jungle+Myna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY92NQV-3mdSrR27M_5KJ_2KpnIVNh6rVnnsZ6v68vsdZcmDDDzqPtG8XpfA5DaztKgOvxmHkSFvFi2tid_ZomiBSlMt8rx6mXEPi0rQSNwdmWCzkHB_5T4TI1FOlpJdEjIdwpOevhNeSh/s640/Jungle+Myna.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Exifs :<br /> Canon 7D Mark2<br /> Manual Mode<br /> f /8 || Shutter speed 1/500Sec || ISO 800 || 600mm || White Balance : 5200k<br /> Bardoli outskirt, Surat, Gujarat<br /> <br /> <span style="color: red;"><b>Request :-</b></span><br /> Please, please do not litter at any hill station or any other tourist place. Carry an extra bag and keep empty wrappers of food articles and other garbage in it. Empty it in garbage bins available en-route.  </div>

Jungle Myna

Sometime you been more happy when you get un-expected thing.i went to Bardoli at Viren's home for photography of Snipe and breeding plu...

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Common Myna

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Sometime you get Best from nothing.as i was birding Surat outskirt and find a Shrike, it was just 5-10ft away n wanna one crsip shot coz i have 55-250mm lens.<br /> took 5-6 photos of shrike and one Common Myna came so shrike fly away.i think its common so why to take but dont know she was asking me to take her photo ..lol<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSsMRZtF5yqLRk5liO139wq4Yx4fsjCYC8MK4KT-hYZWC02iegQ4GM-JK4WDn1u0jjJtqnbSxOZXztpKDsBV2XDSFGFcU7FyMI-5zqnJFYC58xs7qO5TihU5WvmclT_hiuIHXbWwJxOQS/s1600/Common+Myna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSsMRZtF5yqLRk5liO139wq4Yx4fsjCYC8MK4KT-hYZWC02iegQ4GM-JK4WDn1u0jjJtqnbSxOZXztpKDsBV2XDSFGFcU7FyMI-5zqnJFYC58xs7qO5TihU5WvmclT_hiuIHXbWwJxOQS/s1600/Common+Myna.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="text_exposed_show"> ----: exifs :----<br /> <br /> Canon 600D<br /> 250mm lens<br /> Aperture-Priority AE  Mode<br /> Shutter speed 1/800<br /> f9<br /> ISO 400<br /> Pinjarat,Surat Outskirt ,Gujarat.</div> <br /> <br /></div>

Common Myna

Sometime you get Best from nothing.as i was birding Surat outskirt and find a Shrike, it was just 5-10ft away n wanna one crsip shot coz i ...

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