Indian rat snake

[Abhirup Dutta Gupta]

NIKON D3100
NIKKOR AF-S 70-300 MM ED VR
ISO. 400
S.S. 1/1000
F. f/5.6

FULL FRAME,IN MONIGRAM.

Feeding on Red vented bulbul chick.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice close-up. Lovely round eyes. Natural predator of chicks as it could climb fast. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Good eye contact abhirup....did u get any pics where the prey is visable
TFS
Roopak

[Abhirup Dutta Gupta]

Thank you all for your comments.

No sir unfortunately I was unable to get the serpent with the prey.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Good you could get some eye contact. Good details. Seems it was in a thick cover. Thanks for sharing.

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Nice record. Seeing this as a sequence would have been great... was it possible to shoot from other angles?

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Good to see this. Snakes often climb the trees in search of food and prey in the nest, tree boles etc. Your focus is right on the snake and hence the details have come out well. Wish you had even a hint of its prey and that would have been even better. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Abhirup Dutta Gupta]

@Abhishek Jamalabad, no sir, it was not possible take another angle.