The spotted owlet is a small owl which lives in farmlands and urban areas.They build their nest in the hallows of the tree,rocks and some abandoned buildings. Whenever i was about to visit my village i always prefer to bring my camera with me. I always wanted to meet this yellow eyeballs near my house. From the first day when i saw there were four owlets stuck with each other on one branch. That was there permanent place so i used to click them from the ground. Owls have such a huge eyeballs and almost 270 degrees rotating head which is very captivating.
This owlet was staring at me as i came too close to capture and i freeze the moment with its intruder look.
The Starring Eyeballs
Before The Flight
The river tern or common tern is a tern in the family Laridae. It is found at freshwater and sometimes to tidal creeks.
They feeds by plunge-diving fish, aquatic insects from river,lakes and tanks. During my visit of Nalsarovar bird sanctuary we saw a group of river terns sitting on the wooden sticks placed in a row. I shot this image when terns taking flight one by one. This tern opened up the wings to take a glide and its plumage looks so well ordered.
First Flight
Before I started my journey as a photographer I bought my first camera just to fulfil my hobby.I used to visit some places just to capture the surroundings.One day I was enjoying the evening while I noticed this two swallow babies sitting on the edge of the bridge over the small canal.Barn Swallow used to fly and live under the small bridges.
During the breeding season they collect mud from puddles as a nesting material and build a cup shaped nest under the bridges also over the ceiling area of homes.They sit on the branches for very few seconds,even they drink water in between the flight.One of the baby was new for the sky and asking for food to its mother.
The second baby was try to push it to fly and the small one also tried to hard but sometimes landed on a small plants.I spent almost an hour and realised how amazing is Mother Nature.This is not just a photograph for me but the moment which brought out the wildlife enthusiast inside me.
Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary
A wildlife sanctuary with a royal past, it is now known for its full-fledged reserve of abundant flora and fauna.
Jambughoda sanctuary which is situated in Panchmahal district of central Gujarat, covers an area of about 130 sq km (a part of which falls in Vadodara district as well).
Part of the princely state of Jambughoda, the wildlife sanctuary known for leopards and has a fair population of hyenas, jackals, crocodiles, cobra, python, the tailor bird, the golden oriole, teals and ducks.
Don’t forget to visit the two regions, Targol and Kada, which are worth exploring. The best time to visit this Sanctuary is between July and February.