The king of marsh

[Prajwal J Ullal]

Everytime I visit Bhandup pumping station I have the opportunity to spot a Marsh harrier along the disposed water area, and occasionally I get to go too close to it and get a clear capture of it. This one, the latest, was one of the closest and clearest snap I could manage in the recent times. It was surveying the whole length of the waterbody and took shelter on a tree that was along the banks of this waterbody. After sometime, probably after spotting us around on the other side or some other wader that was few metres from it, it took off and went to the farther side of the waterbody, before disappearing out of sight into the shallow bushy area.

EXIF:
Canon 550D
Canon 55-250IS
F/5.6
Shutterspeed 1/500
ISO 100
Handheld
Location: Bhandup Pumping station