King of Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary

The Rufous-necked Hornbill is now Vulnerable species. Numbers have declined significantly due to habitat loss and hunting, and it has been entirely extirpated from Nepal. It is estimated that there are now less than 10,000 adults remaining. The nesting period is from March to June, the trees preferred are tall and have broad girths. If you want to watch this species, you must go to the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary of West Bengal.
Date Taken: Apr 13, 2017
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Sigma 150-600 mm contemporary
Focal Length: 562 mm
Shutter Speed: 1/250 sec
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 6400

Amazing sighting of this rare species. Lovely perch and nice colours. Nicely captured. Thanks for sharing.

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Originally Posted by Mrudul Godbole

Amazing sighting of this rare species. Lovely perch and nice colours. Nicely captured. Thanks for sharing.

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thanks madam....this region is the safe habitat for this species.....

Beauty Queen of Mahananda. Mahananda is coming to limelight. Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild

Wonderful shot! Nice description of habitat. It is sad to see many species are vanishing because of ever increasing human population

Lovely photography. Nice colurs.

Dear Sandipan

Is it the same male who has been breeding there since 3 years! Superb image is it. TFS

Samrat

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Originally Posted by Saktipada Panigrahi

Beauty Queen of Mahananda. Mahananda is coming to limelight. Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild

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thank you sir.....

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Originally Posted by Debasis Bose

Wonderful shot! Nice description of habitat. It is sad to see many species are vanishing because of ever increasing human population

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thanks for the comment....yes this species is also threaten by us...

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Originally Posted by Dheerendra Singh

Lovely photography. Nice colurs.

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thank you very much

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Originally Posted by Samrat Sarkar

Dear Sandipan

Is it the same male who has been breeding there since 3 years! Superb image is it. TFS

Samrat

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yesss....dada....this is the male....

Have you not seen any other male, Sandipan and Samrat Bhai .....enquiring about viable numbers? I have good hope for the future of Mahananda. Should be declared a Tiger Reserve.

Have you read this story......when a train passing through Mahanada in the night suddenly stopped inside the forest, a King Cobra climbed up and entered the compartment to enquire 'What's going on'.....the King was inspecting the compartment and and passengers of compartment(s) taking shelter inside the washrooms !
Kind regards,
SaktiWild

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Originally Posted by Saktipada Panigrahi

Have you not seen any other male, Sandipan and Samrat Bhai .....enquiring about viable numbers? I have good hope for the future of Mahananda. Should be declared a Tiger Reserve.

Have you read this story......when a train passing through Mahanada in the night suddenly stopped inside the forest, a King Cobra climbed up and entered the compartment to enquire 'What's going on'.....the King was inspecting the compartment and and passengers of compartment(s) taking shelter inside the washrooms !
Kind regards,
SaktiWild

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I saw two females and one male in this section of Mahananda. Yes I know the story of King Cobra and it was published in newspaper also.

Well capture of rare bird. Low angle adds to compo. Good details. Thanks for sharing.

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Originally Posted by Subhash Shrivastava

Well capture of rare bird. Low angle adds to compo. Good details. Thanks for sharing.

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thanks for your comment sir

Another lovely image from Golden Bengal. One is indeed blessed to see such a beautiful image.Thanks for sharing.

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Originally Posted by Shyamala Kumar

Another lovely image from Golden Bengal. One is indeed blessed to see such a beautiful image.Thanks for sharing.

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Thank you sir.....I saw it for first time and I was astonished.

Lovely sighting. Light appears to be low. However, the highlight (top of the casque) is overexposed and lost details and simultaneously the blue feathers have lost details due to underexposure. I am wondering if this is due to post-processing.

Did you click a vertical composition? How much of a crop is the present image?

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Originally Posted by Sabyasachi Patra

Lovely sighting. Light appears to be low. However, the highlight (top of the casque) is overexposed and lost details and simultaneously the blue feathers have lost details due to underexposure. I am wondering if this is due to post-processing.

Did you click a vertical composition? How much of a crop is the present image?

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thanks for the comment sir......It was an eraly morning shot having very low light.....I did not click any vertical composition....it was 30 percent cropped.