Posted in Bangladesh, Bird, Dhaka, nature, nest, Sunbird on Aug 15th, 2008
Finally! managed to get a few photos of the Sunbirds [this one is a Female. Purple Rumped - Leptocoma zeylonica ] who keep coming back to this shrub to strip off the dry stringy bark for nest-building…. Â
Red-Vented Bulbul [Pycnonotus cafer bengalensis]. The pair perch on this branch and one keeps watch while the other feeds the chicks in the nest below. They are quick, and will fly off as soon as they think there is any danger. They keep a look out for me on the balcony, and will go perch [...]
A pair of Bulbuls [Red-Vented. Pycnonotus cafer bengalensis] had made a nest in a Ficus shrub, 3 chicks hatched just over a week ago and today for the first time they were hopping on the branches of the big Mahogany tree and in a short while had learned to fly! The mother had brought something [...]
Posted in AISD, Black and White, Crow, Dance, Dhaka, Drama, Music, nature, nest, school, Starling, WIP on Mar 19th, 2008
For the past many weeks the WIP photo project for “The Jungle Book” production at AIS/D Elementary School had taken up all of my shooting time. Am not complaining! in case that is what it sounded like. It was a great experience, both photographically and to witness the progression of the learning process the kids [...]