Team-BHP - Birds on the Highway

I recently happened to drive down from Hyderabad to Kollam and back. One thing that struck me was the enormous opportunities that every stop on the way afforded by way of birdlife.Without straying more than 100 metres from the highway.

All the pictures I would like to post here were taken on the return journey.
I would like to start with a group of Cormorants on the Changanachery - Alleppey road

We made a small detour to Siruvani near Coibatore and we happened to see Pelicans near Perur.

There's a lot more to come as the journey has just begun.

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Originally Posted by rainthreat (Post 1614956)

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Very nice pictures and the birds looks great. Please post more pictures of birds if you have some.

Damn! And I thought this was a thread about birds causing nuisance while driving. Nice photos there. Its not the birds but the moths and ilk that keep smashing on the winshield to disrupt smooth driving.

nice heading dude. Like prince i though you were talking of the nuisanace of these brids on the centre of the roads,but couldn't stop laughing when i opened the thread. Nice photos and nice detour.

"Birds" on the highway.....Gave me some "nice" ideas...!!!!:D

Nevertheless, these are equally beautiful, if not more. Nice pics, keep em coming

In winters, birds migrate from poles toward equator to avoid freezing cold. These must be the migratory birds from far north, may be Siberia.
Dec-Jan is a good season for migratory bird watching in India.

what!!!!!!!!! on the mail roads apart from the forest you fins these beautiful birds...Amazing pic and nice color

And I thought I would be writing about a slow pigeon who smashed on my windshield on the highway!!!

Regardless of the disspointment I think this is a happier thread. So yeah!! lets see some bird pics.

Cheers!!!

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Originally Posted by MX6 (Post 1616151)

Peacock photos are amazing. Pity that the peacok spread it's plumes but turned the other side.

Unfortunately when I reached there, it got conscious and stopped dancing. It was wooing a peahen :D

The other pics are the after-effects lol:

I also caught an un-caged parrot.

More Birds on the Changanacherry Alleppey Road first black terns and then a great egret

A Tawny Eagle that we saw on the way back from Bangalore to Hyderabad near Penukonda

A Black Shouldered Kite monitoring the Traffic on NH7

Some more pictures of birds from the last trip. First an Indian Roller (aka Nilkanth ) followed by a Purple Swamp Hen

Hi Rainthreat,
Wonderful photos of the birds!!
Wondering how you manage to click all those while driving .
But great pics, no doubt!!