Shot this image in TIBET while trekking, can somebody tell me what Bird it is.
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Shot this image in TIBET while trekking, can somebody tell me what Bird it is.
Sony H1- full auto
Nice image.. TFS
This is Black Necked Crane
http://www.birding.in/birds/Gruiform...cked_crane.htm
139 cm. Large, whitish-grey crane. Black head and upper neck apart from whitish postocular patch and red crown patch. Black primaries and secondaries. Similar spp. Common Crane G. grus is smaller, has white stripe from behind eye extending down nape and black primaries, not secondaries. Red-crowned Crane G. japonensis has white primaries and more extensive white area behind eye. Voice Call is high-pitched and penetrating.
http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/spe...p&sid=2797&m=0
Last edited by Kiran Ghadge; 01-07-2009 at 12:54 PM.
Ramesh,
Good that you could see it. Lot of people have been trying to see this Black necked crane scientific name Grus nigricollis.
It seems you missed the focus a bit as the autofocus has picked the grass instead.
How far were they from you?
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Sabyasachi
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Nice image. Thanks for sharing. Thanks Kiran for the information, it helps to know more about the bird.
Keep posting..
Regards,
Mrudul Godbole
Can't expect much from a point-and-shoot. A very Good sighting though. Thanks for the info, Kiran.
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