Rann of Kutch: Day 5 – Day of nothing much.

The take off!

A flock of Great White Pelicans takes off

25th Jan, 2010: This can be termed as “The day when nothing much happened”. We left CEDO, Nakhtrana at 6:00 am and reached Rann Riders , Dasada at 12:00 a distance of 350km.

Rann Riders is a very touristy kind of setup, but the first thing which struck me was the room had only 1 plug point and the other minus for the room was lack of a basic cupboard/wardrobe in the room. Other than that the place is very nice and the food is great!! Aasim was thrilled to eat Non-Veg after sooooo long, well after 5 days really. The people at the resort are very nice and helpful.

Evening we went to a place called Nava Talav, Kharaghoda which had a lot of Flamingoes., both lesser as well as greater. Also got some the first glimpse of the fabled Wild Ass. There were plenty of other birds around the lake but there also were some tourist who persistently went too close to the birds and scared them away :-/

We did not wait here too long and came back to a nice hearty dinner and a good night’s sleep…

Lesser Flamingo - Phoenicopterus minor

Lesser Flamingo - Phoenicopterus minor

Demoiselle Crane - Grus virgo

Demoiselle Crane - Grus virgo

Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus

Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus

Some tourist want to get too close to the birds :-/

Some tourist want to get too close to the birds :-/

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  1. oh my …..oh my ..! Excellent shot..

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  2. Amazing capture my friend.. love the focus and the composition..

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  3. wow! excellent!

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  4. Excellent shot! Its so interesting to see the Take offs…

  5. Wonderful shot, awesome

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  6. Beautiful shot

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  7. Excellent capture of a majestic bird

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  8. Wow, wonderful scene, great capture!

  9. Great shot, great sharpness – all the birds are in focus – excellent work!

  10. What a crowd ! Wonderful capture!

    You are definitely a Bird Watcher!
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  11. Nice moment.

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  12. Cute red legs.

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  13. Great capture.

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  14. wonderful….

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  15. Amazing shot…

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  16. simply awesome…capturing one would have been great …but here you have so many in on shot…incredible :)

  17. superb shot of an equally superb bird :)

  18. just amazing …the colors and clarity is simply great :)

  19. Excellent shot. Entire series is great.

  20. beautiful!
    never seen so many pelicans

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  22. great capture there…love the timing at which 2 sets of bird are with head up,2 sets half way down and 2 sets with heads in the water..

  23. Wonderful shot!

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  24. Excellent shot.


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  25. He looks like a hawk! Amazing. Never seen anything like this. Beautifully composed image, btw. Really spectacular!

  26. WOW, great shot. I like the "All in focus" apperance! Congrats !

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  31. Wow awesome!! Amazing!

  32. Wonderful capture!! Wonderful timing!!

  33. What a set of beauties!! Wonderful capture!

  34. So sharp and clear! Beautiful!

  35. superb shot

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  36. OH! Just lovely…must have been quite a sight. I am envious!!

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  37. FaNtastic capture, Tarique!!

  38. Whoa…i’ll go nuts if this happened right infront of me, as this picture nearly did…amazing capture! Thanks Tarique, you’re awesome, glad i’ve seen this, sorry can’t visit that often, kinda stuck with work, but thanks for your visit and comment, appreciate it, love your shots buddy, thanks.

  39. Now this is what i called bird’s Paradise..wow..heck with bird’s flu…i’m coming…ha ha..amazing sight buddy..wow…

  40. Oh..by the way, those tourist just blown your head away as what they did to your birds right…cool it buddy…ha ha..

  41. whoaaa…when they congregate the middle of the shot it create such an awesome sight, anyway they’re beautiful bird, so does this shot my friend, awesome, love it.

  42. Outstanding shot..wow..perfect pose of perfect predator..

  43. wow what a capture, fabulous!!
    your stream is amazing!!
    Thanks for your visit and comments, very much appreciated.
    Have a great Day!

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  44. Nice timing…beautiful shot…!

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  45. Stunning catch.

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  46. Often a very shy bird – excellent photo !

  47. Wonderful wildlife photo !

  48. Beautiful Flamingo photo !

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  51. Congratulations for your wonderful bird’s shots !

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  53. Stunning Shot, great details

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