Black-headed Bunting male

[Sandipan Ghosh]

It breeds in south-east Europe east to Iran and migrates in winter mainly to India, with some individuals moving further into south-east Asia. It is very uncommon in West Bengal as per distribution map of bunting migration.
It was clicked on October, 2016 in the river bank of Damodar, Barddhaman, West Bengal. Still they are staying there.
Canon 600 + Sigma 150-600 mm
500 mm, 1/800s, f/8, iso 400

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice to see this. Typically when do you see them first in your area?

The eye contact is fine. How much of a crop is this? The neck area has got blurred. Did you do some background editing? Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Sandipan Ghosh]

Nice to see this. Typically when do you see them first in your area?

The eye contact is fine. How much of a crop is this? The neck area has got blurred. Did you do some background editing? Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

Thanks for your observations....
I have located the bird on 20/10/16.
I cropped the image up to 42 percent.
I did not edit the background with blurring effect. I increased the shadow little bit....

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice perch and eye contact. Liked the catch light on the eye. Wish it was closer for more details. Thanks for sharing.

[Subhash Shrivastava]

Nice image, good head turn with catch light in the eye. You may think of compiling the list of Birds on Damodar river bank. Thanks for sharing.

[Joydip Mukherjee]

great find and you take it very nice with very good details .... thanks for sharing

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice perch and details. Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild

[Samrat Sarkar]

Nice shot...we also came across this bird here in Naihati, N-24 Parganas.

Samrat

[Sandipan Ghosh]

Nice perch and eye contact. Liked the catch light on the eye. Wish it was closer for more details. Thanks for sharing.

thanks for your comment

[Sandipan Ghosh]

Nice image, good head turn with catch light in the eye. You may think of compiling the list of Birds on Damodar river bank. Thanks for sharing.

thanks for your inspiration ..... I have done bird count in the Damodar Valley since 2014.....it is increasing day by day....

[Sandipan Ghosh]

great find and you take it very nice with very good details .... thanks for sharing

thank you very much

[Sandipan Ghosh]

Nice perch and details. Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild

thanks for your inspiration....

[Sandipan Ghosh]

Nice shot...we also came across this bird here in Naihati, N-24 Parganas.

Samrat

Yes dada.... in this winter this bird is found in south bengal occasionally...