Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Manas Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India.(Part III)

Day 3



The tea gardens....


Grey backed Shrike





Yellow -footed green Pigeon.


Common Hoopoe



















Red-vented Bulbul.
After lunch we started out on our Safari...not a very lucky one as we were not able to spot any birds as the weather was not on our side...
Red Junglefowl.












After a while black clouds gathered in the sky...


Diya enjoying the ride...

and the rains start...
and surprisingly the rain stops and we take a break...that's our guide...





















The sun sets...



It gets darker...


We even have the jeep lights on...even if it's only 4p.m...
 Forest department lights fire to dry grass in patches for fresh vegetation to grow.


Thank you Springman for hosting World Bird Wednesday.To check out for more birds please visit http://pineriverreview.blogspot.com. Enjoy and have a great day!!!


22 comments:

  1. Great tour! Thank you for sharing....I thought it was quite a lot to see!

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  2. A wonderful series! Looks like a great day out!

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  3. Another great tour!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  4. A great place to visit and great photos.

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  5. These are birds that I would love to see and photograph. The green pigeon and the common hoopoe, especially. Beautiful series of shots. The landscape is spectacular...and glad you included the kids' shots as well.

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  6. Great series! Love picture nr 4!! :)

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  7. Wonderful birds and shots from your wildlife sanctuary. The Hoopoe is my favorite, what a cool looking bird. Wonderful photos.

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  8. I just can't get over your landscapes, wonderfully taken!
    ;-)WBW!

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  9. Magnificent pictures!
    Wonderful place to visit with the family.
    Thanks for sharing

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  10. A beautiful collection of photos. My favourite is the second, a lovely serene view over the tea gardens.

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  11. I often surprised that a bird that looks like that can be called a Common Hoopoe - if that’s a common bird I want to visit!

    Great set of pictures.

    Stewart M - Australia

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  12. Wonderful countryside and great birds too.

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  13. Wow, what a beautiful place! The scenery is just gorgeous!

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  14. beautiful scenery! that yellow pigeon is so interesting!

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  15. Hi Shantana, I love seeing all of the different birds you have in your country. Your visit to the wildlife sanctuary must have been awesome. I enjoyed all of your posts from this place. Thanks so much for taking us along with you on your journey... Gorgeous!
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  16. The birdlife, the scenery and the forest fire, fantastic photos.

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  17. So much beauty even when the the dead grass is burned to force new growth.

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  18. Thanks for this wonderful tour with captivating and incredibly beautiful pics.

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  19. Amazing, serendipitous captures -- especially the fire and the shrike...

    hope the turtle has a long and happy life!

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  20. Manas? I tried to go there when I was in Guwahaty Nov last year. Didn't happen. You have very cute kids!
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