Posted in Bangladesh, Bird, Dhaka, nature, Starling, Tailorbird on Mar 10th, 2009
A nice morning for some arm-chair birding [the series of the Starlings were taken lying in bed and watching them through my bedroom window....AhHa!]. These photos were done with 2 SB800 speedlights in the Nikon CLS mode.. One SB800 on camera and one lying on the windowsill aimed into the tree. CLS allows for great [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, Bird, Bulbul, Dhaka, Flower, Maina, nature, Starling, tree on Feb 21st, 2009
Driving back home on this warm [hot!] spring day and the “Red Silk Cotton Tree” [Bombax ceiba] is in full bloom showing off its glory. The birds flocking to suck up the nectar offered by the large red flowers. Got my gear, and set up a tripod at the side of the street attracting a [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, Bird, Dhaka, Exhibition, Gallery, Photography, Portrait, Samiul Mohsanin on Nov 25th, 2008
A multi photographers bird-photography exhibition - I went to view Samiul Mohsanin’s photos today. A treat! Samiul is a student of Jahangirnagar University, extremely knowledgable about the habitat and birds, and has hosted us and been our guide on a previous birding visit. Samiul Mohsanin: The exhibition is being held at birder and naturalist Enam Ul Haque’s home [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, Bird, Chestnut-tailed Starling, Dhaka, nature, Starling on Nov 20th, 2008
My window with a view. Office in the trees. Whatever. Arm-chair birding, lazy-birding. Whatever. New visitor captured today while trying to do some data recovery to a failed and corrupted storage-drive….The data recovery process looks like a possibility, just need to get the right tools [decide which software to use]. In the mean time, I’ve [...]
Posted in Asian Koel, Bangladesh, Barbet, Bird, Bronze-winged Jacana, Bulbul, Coppersmith Barbet, Dhaka, forest, Jahangirnagar University, Lesser Whistling-Duck, nature, Orange-Headed Thrush, Savar, Scaly-breasted Munia, Striated Babbler on Sep 12th, 2008
Birding trip around Jahangirnagar University in Savar, Bangladesh. We had planned to head out 5:30AM today, but a massive thunder-storm delayed us to 7. We had a great trip watching the wide variety of birds around Jahingirnagar University in Savar just around 30km from Dhaka…. it turned out to be a very hot day and [...]