port blair 2013-2014

At Chidiya Tapu -Death point

The visit to Port Blair  at the fag end of 2013 was an unplanned and unexpected visit. The visit was for only two days i.e. from 29th Dec to 31st Dec. Despite the short visit, I managed to utilise the two mornings for birding. Thanks to Praveen Ambastha for his cooperation, I could find time to go to Chidiya Tapu and get the Andaman Treepie. Johny the Great provided the necessary transport and without him it would not have been possible to fulfil the dream of going again to Chidiya Tapu. The photo of the tree pie (although not of the quality for which I am renowned for) is dedicated to them. Will have to go again to get a good shot at Andaman Treepie.

 Praveen Ambastha and Johny

chidiyatapu is famous for the sun-set image

Andaman Treepie

Andaman Treepie

Could have been the shot of the decade only
if I could get the focus right.

Racket tailed drongo(greater)

chandigarh sukhna lake december 2013

In December 2013, I got an opportunity to go to Chandigarh for a day. Although I expected that the migratory birds would have arrived by now but that was not to be. However, the lake was full of the resident species and I could take some good shots.