A Gem of Sundarbans

[Sandipan Ghosh]

The sighting of Buffy Fish Owl is really a matter of luck, because it is very rare in eastern India. It is also very shy, but I have manged to get a portrait shot of it in the cloudy monsoon condition.
Buffy Fish Owl is an unique species of Sundarban Mangrove ecosystem and it is now found in the Sundarban Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India (near Dobanki Tiger Camp). Really the Sundarbans has still remained its ecological entity and mysterious nature.

Date Taken: Aug 5, 2017
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Sigma 150-600 mm
Focal Length: 403 mm
Shutter Speed: 1/1600 sec
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 2500

[Mrudul Godbole]

Beautiful. Lovely eye contact and nice sighting in the open. It was inside the camp or you took from the boat? Hope it is there the next time we visit Sunderbans :). Thanks for sharing.

[Samrat Sarkar]

Superb shot.. A bit wider composition would be a cover page material IMO. Have you seen the nesting this year? Is it the same bird? Any expert or local Guide's opinion?

[Sandipan Ghosh]

Beautiful. Lovely eye contact and nice sighting in the open. It was inside the camp or you took from the boat? Hope it is there the next time we visit Sunderbans :). Thanks for sharing.

Not inside the Dobanki camp.....It is behind the Dobanki camp at the edge of Choragazi creek.....

[Sandipan Ghosh]

Superb shot.. A bit wider composition would be a cover page material IMO. Have you seen the nesting this year? Is it the same bird? Any expert or local Guide's opinion?

Thanks dada.....I did not see any nesting......

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Great details. Like the impressive talons. Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild

[Sandipan Ghosh]

Great details. Like the impressive talons. Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild

Thanks a lot....sir

[Chitrita Chatterjee]

what a gorgeous capture. Love the yellow eyes..almost looks like it is posing for the camera
Thanks for sharing :)

[Abhirup Dutta Gupta]

Fantastic image................

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Great to see this image from Sundarbans. It is a biodiversity hotspot. Hope it can survive the relentless onslaught of concretisation and pollution from human population explosion.