One fine sunny day a strange thing happened, a nocturnal bird made its appearance amidst the gulmohur trees, it didn’t announce its presence but my eagle Nikon eye spotted it. It didn’t blink, nor move till I got my camera… It was thinking of attaining some heights it seemed.
Then it gave me a sneer, as if it were telling me… go away… dont annoy me… and btw did you even ask for my permission if I wanted to be photographed ??
But alas… suddenly all the ‘Saat Saheliya’ aka Jungle Babbler’s came about… telling it that they have taken over the city… that the ‘Owl’ dare not venture around here… As lil as the babbler’s were in comparison to the owl they made a big ruckus…
The Tree Pie it seemed came to just see an old fellow jungle soul and tried to identify if it were a distant relative or friend… it just observed and off it went…
It stayed there unflappably cool. Almost as if in meditation… unperturbed and ignoring the babblers.
Then came the crow’s in numbers and surrounded it… the monk for once turned its neck 180degrees as if to just stare once in everyone’s eyes…
Ek Nazar hi kaafi thi… soon as it took a deep breath… slowly all the crows too flew away… It rested for a while… when even I got bored… I guess it flew away never to be seen again…
Pics by Nigam
Text by Hitchy
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That is some cool clicks. Wonderful moment here.
The owl looks so magnificent
A huge one! It got good company too.
“O”utstanding !! Its very difficult to find an owl indeed.
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A great series of pictures of the wise old fella!
Hitchy, which lens?
wahi apna 55-200mm 😀 here are the details of the shot : D5100, 1/25s, 200.00mm, f/5.6, ISO:100
Great set of pics and the story about them
Liked it. Bechara owl 🙂 had to fly away finally
That’s some super sleuthing skills of the Nikon eye and the other accompanying eye 🙂 Thanks for making us a part of the experience.
Awesome story and some cool shots 🙂
I had heard that it is difficult to place an owl in daytime…looking forward for next letters now 🙂
YOur pictures are always nice, and so are the stories that you stitch them up with.
The pics are awesome Dhiren. The owl looks cute with those small eyes and I liked the way it ignored the Babblers 😀
You are really an awesome photographer 🙂 loved these shots 🙂
Wonderful discovery!
Fantastic clicks. I love the hear shaped face of the owls. Makes them look little less fierce.
Great shots and nice story as well 🙂
Loved this picture tale of monk like owl 🙂