White breasted Kingfisher in Calcutta

Happy Holi to everyone! I have spent most of this Holi morning trying to shoot a pair of white breasted kingfishers who are making a nest in our garden wall. After a lot of effort and numerous failed shots, I managed to get this photograph. Despite my best efforts, I was not able to shoot both the kingfishers in the same frame. However, as they are nesting here I am sure that I will get many more chances! It is heartening to find that in this concrete jungle that is Calcutta, kingfishers still choose to nest! ( Nikon D90, 70-300 VR lens at 300 mm, ISO 800 1/125 sec at f 6.3 ev -0.3 processed in Capture NX2).

Wild Grass Kaziranga

I recently had the pleasure of spending four days at the Wild Grass Resort , Kaziranga National Park. The resort had amazingly good food, excellent service, beautiful ambience and warm, comfortable rooms! The resort run by Manju Barua and his team is one of the oldest in the area. Tarun Gogoi was an excellent guide and a treasure trove of information on the birds of the park. To contact Wild Grass please e-mail wildgrasskaziranga@gmail.com  Some photographs  of Wild Grass are below: