Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny, Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 9:57 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > I meant to post my compliments this morning, but got sidetracked. > Synchrony is my fav in this wonderful set. > > from my iPad > > Sonny Carter > > > On Jan 29, 2017, at 8:53 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Jim N, Douglas B and Lluis > > Thanks for looking. > > Cranes, in general, mate for life and generally seen in pairs. > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 6:29 AM, lluisripollphotography < > > lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Really great series Jayanand, > >> > >> Here I prefer the color versions, very fine eye! You can do a > >> ?Double-Double? book with animals?. > >> > >> Cheers > >> Lluis > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> El 28 gen 2017, a les 18:56, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at > >>> gmail.com> > >> va escriure: > >>> > >>> I had been on a short trip to Bharatpur and its environs last week. > >>> Bharatpur is home to the famed Keoladeo National Park, one of the great > >>> bird sanctuaries in the world, as well as a designated World Heritage > >> Site. > >>> These man made wetlands (made in the 18th century, though) were the > >> hunting > >>> preserve of the local maharajah, like so many of India's National > Parks. > >>> > >>> The trip turned out to be memorable for the number and quality of Sarus > >>> Crane encounters we had, not only in the National Park, but in a > village > >> 70 > >>> kms away, called Naunera, where a couple of hundred Sarus Cranes, which > >> are > >>> revered in this country, lived in perfect harmony on fields of wheat > and > >>> mustard with the human villagers. Sarus Cranes are the tallest flying > >> birds > >>> in the world, clocking in around 6 feet in height, and as such, are > >>> extremely graceful, not only in flight, but surprisingly enough, on > land > >> as > >>> well. > >>> > >>> Here then are a few photographs. The Sarus, who are monogamous and mate > >> for > >>> life, have a very distinctive trumpeting call, which both members of > the > >>> pair ritually engage in together, periodically, to affirm the bonds > >> between > >>> them: > >>> > >>> Duet: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > >>> Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170121-4030.jpg.html > >>> > >>> Duet in B&W: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > >>> Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170121-4034.jpg.html > >>> > >>> Finale: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > >>> Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170121-4047.jpg.html > >>> > >>> The Call: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > >>> Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170121-495.jpg.html > >>> > >>> When they are not feeding, they strut about, or groom constantly: > >>> > >>> In the Environment: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > >>> Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170122-1323.jpg.html > >>> > >>> Grooming: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > >>> Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170122-1415.jpg.html > >>> > >>> At Naunera Village, they loiter about in the mustard fields or wheat > >> fields > >>> > >>> Mustard Fields: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > >>> Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170123-2537.jpg.html > >>> > >>> Family: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > >>> Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170123-2612.jpg.html > >>> > >>> Finally, a few photographs of their considerable grace in flight: > >>> > >>> Synchrony: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > >>> Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170122-1515.jpg.html > >>> > >>> Solo: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > >>> Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170123-3155.jpg.html > >>> > >>> Fog: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > >>> Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170123-2265.jpg.html > >>> > >>> Grace: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > >>> Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170123-2369.jpg.html > >>> > >>> Please see LARGE > >>> > >>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome! > >>> > >>> Cheers > >>> Jayanand > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >