Paddyfield Pipit

[Sabyasachi Patra]

We found this fellow in Hessarghatta.

Canon EOS 1D Mark II, Canon EF 400mm f2.8 L IS USM, EF 2xII. ISO 400, f8, 1/125, full frame.

Look forward to your comments.

Quoting from Salim Ali:
id tips: Coloured like the female house sparrow. Streaked with brown on breast. A slim bird with slender bill and long tail with white outermost feathers.
Habitat: Grassland, stubble fields, fallows and marshy ground.
Distribution: Subcontinent; Sri Lanka.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Bibhav Behera]

Wow. you got him nice and sharp. the moving leg show what it was upto. :) Do you have a shot of it grooming itself? .. :) i crawled a little closer but the sharpness is way lower... :)

[AB Apana]

Er, the trained pipit, is it? :) Good to see that it has a catchlight despite the pea soup morning. Good BG.

Apana

[Rahil Abdulghani]

Good catch. I am yet to shoot one.

TFS
Rahil