Scaly bellied woodpecker

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

I saw this and a juvenile (the juvenile is behind the tree) while passing through one of the most amazingly beautiful stretches of Sal forest between Sathiyana bridge and the exit gate.
Nikon D90, Nikkor 70-300mm, ISO 1000, 300mm, 1/125s - F/7.1, -0.3EV

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice perch and eye contact. The light was low and you were already using ISO 1000, else a narrower aperture would have helped to get more details in the bark. Its good you got the eye in good focus. Thanks for sharing.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Rare image.Nice perch and eye contact.Happy to learn that your route passed through the finest sal forest of India.Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Sabyasachi Patra]

We owe that forest to Billy. Without him everything would have been lost even before people could know that such a beautiful forest exists. Did you sight the barasingha?

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Yes Sabyasachi, will upload those images today

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Nice image Kaustuv. Wish the light had been better. Nice eye contact. Thanks for sharing.

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Very early morning...the 70-300mm is a light guzzler, does not perform at its best in low light