Goodbye 2011

Cuddle Party 2
Half a dozen Green Bee-eaters cuddled up on a cold winter morning

This is my last photo for the year 2011

Cuddle Party

A flock of Indian Silverbill
A flock of Indian Silverbill

Weather yesterday suddenly seemed more chilly and I was reminded of this photo of mine and posted it to Facebook and 500px – surprisingly it went on to the 1st page of 500px popular

Our guests from Mangolia

Bar-headed geese
Bar-headed geese

For 4 years in a row, the same female with NU band has been turning up from Mangolia in a Lake near Nagpur – read the complete story by Tarun Balpande at https://www.migrantwatch.in/blog/2011/12/03/female-bar-headed-goose-nu-four-years-in-a-row/

In a tight turn

Green bee-eater, Merops orientalis in flight..
Green bee-eater, Merops orientalis in flight..

Green bee-eater is a very agile flyer, unless gliding it is very hard to capture them sharp details. Took about 45 mins and 200 shots to get this one…

European Roller

European Roller
European Roller

European Roller, Coracias garrulus is a long distance migrant and at times a few straggler can even reach up to Nagpur. This individual was however taken on our recent trip to Kutch, Gujarat.

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS

Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by Ron Garan, Satoshi Furukawa and the crew of expedition 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October, 2011

Long-legged Buzzard

Long-legged Buzzard - take off
Long-legged Buzzard - take off

Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, 48


Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged – Documentary Movie Trailer

So was she wrong, is what we are seeing a result of capitalism or a result of subversion of capitalism?