Common hawk Cuckoo

[Mangru Minz]

Image Clicked at Bhopal.
Canon 7D with 300 + 1.4x tc , f/5, 1/1250sec, Iso-500, Ec -0.3, 15% cropped.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Immature. Nice eye contact. I have always seen them perching high up on trees in my village. During winter nights its 'brain fever, brain fever' call was so common. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice to see it with a catch. Good eye contact. The low angle looks nice. Thanks for sharing.

[Shyamala Kumar]

Nice details around the eye and beak.The furry catch adds to the image.Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

As noted in the previous comments, the eye contact and the low angle helps elevate the image. The angle gives us a feeling of being in its world. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi