Sarus Crane

[Nishith Kumar]

Sarus crane are the tallest flying bird in the world and also the state bird of Uttar Pradesh! Last year around the same time I had came across a pair inside our SGPGIMS Campus. This year I saw a pair in the paddy fields just beside the walls of our campus. These are magnificent birds whose numbers have declined greatly in the last century and are currently listed as vulnerable species in IUCN list!


Exif Data:

Camera: Canon 60D
Lens: Sigma 150-500mm
Focal length: 500mm
Aperture: 8.0
Exposure time: 1/1250
ISO: 800
Location: Village beside SGPGIMS Campus, Lucknow
Date: 26th July 2015


-Nishith

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice to see this majestic bird. The colour is a bit washed out. A lower angle would have ensured the hedge appearing over its head. Now that hedge line appears just behind the back. How much is the crop?

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice pose and good eye contact. The red eye with the catch light looks nice. I had seen a pair in Bharatpur a few years back it was an amazing sighting. The old rickshaw person there told me that, years back he had at a time seen 10 to 15 pairs in Bharatpur, now sighting even one is rare :(. Thanks for sharing.

[Prasad Dingankar]

Nice capture.... I am not aware about the situation in Bharatpur, But here in Gujarat (Surat) one can see them in flocks... Thanks for sharing.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice. Agree with comments above.
TFS
Roopak

[Sandipan Ghosh]

You have clicked a great photograph of Sarus Crane.....excellent frame