Praveen Siddannavar
12-01-2010, 09:35 AM
Shot this Ashy Woodswallows at coffee estate in Sakalespur on the weekend...
Scientific name - Artamus fuscus
This is a rare and winter visitor. It is a grey bird, darker on the head and paler below, with long wings reaching the tip of the white-tipped tail. The head of a Woodswallow is proportionately larger as compared to its body and hence the bird looks top heavy. The bill is large, silvery-grey with a black tip. Ashy Woodswallows sit in groups, huddled together, on exposed bare branches and electrical wires. Now and then, one or more will launch itself and fly round in a very martin-like way, hawking insects.
Camera Model Canon EOS 40D, 100-400mm
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/250
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6
ISO 200
Scientific name - Artamus fuscus
This is a rare and winter visitor. It is a grey bird, darker on the head and paler below, with long wings reaching the tip of the white-tipped tail. The head of a Woodswallow is proportionately larger as compared to its body and hence the bird looks top heavy. The bill is large, silvery-grey with a black tip. Ashy Woodswallows sit in groups, huddled together, on exposed bare branches and electrical wires. Now and then, one or more will launch itself and fly round in a very martin-like way, hawking insects.
Camera Model Canon EOS 40D, 100-400mm
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/250
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6
ISO 200