Drongo calling out!!!!

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Drongos are very noisy birds. A couple was creating a racket and actually shaking up the whole place bothering quite a few other birds. A Treepie and an Oriole couple were in the line of fire a couple of times due to the Drongos. They got disturbed so much that we didn't see them the entire morning after that. This picture is of one of the Drongo's calling out. Image taken at Valley Park, Navi Mumbai.

Nikon D7000, f/5.6, SS 1/1600, ISO 800,ec +.3, 420mm (300mm f4+1.4x tc)

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice sighting of Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucephaeus longicaudatus) calling. Nice perch and eye contact.

Let summer arrives, Oriole will build nest near the Drongo's nest for safety and security from predators, that's why in Bengali it is called 'Kotwal' ! Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Shyamala Kumar]

It has a sooty black colour as different from the jet black of the common Drongo.Thanks for sharing.

[Abhirup Dutta Gupta]

Very beautiful image.....

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice calling pose. Good eye contact. Nice observation of its behaviour, didn't know it kept a watchful eye :-). A more rectangular framing with less space at the bottom would be good. Thanks for sharing.

Saktipadaji, thanks for sharing the details.