Dec'01: Keoladeo National Park; Bharatpur Photo Gallery by David Behrens at pbase.com

Dec'01: Keoladeo National Park; Bharatpur

Late Nov '01 I made a trip to Bharatpur, India for a 3 day weekend visit to Keoladeo National Park - a world class park known as a winter sanctuary for the endangered Siberian Crane (of which there is one pair present this year). This was my first trip there and I highly recommend it for birding and wildlife photography. All pictures were taken with an EOS D30 and 100-400 IS lens - with various combinations of 1.4x, 2x and 550EX flash. For further information on Keoladeo I recently wrote an article for the Singapore Nature Photographic Society that can be found at http://www.naturephotosociety.org.sg/ASP/Article.asp?DBAPublishDate=4/1/2003 .

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Sambar 2.jpg	Sambar 5.jpg	Black Shouldered Kite.jpg	Chital Deer 3.jpg
Spotted Owlet .jpg	Crested Serpant Eagle.jpg	Darter and Little Cormorant.jpg	Dusky Eagle Owl .jpg
Eurasian Spoonbills.jpg	Grey Nightjar.jpg	Savanna Nightjar.jpg Although I have this labeled as an Indian Nightjar, Nigel Cleere and Krys Kazmierczak of the Oriental Bird Club ( http://www.indiabirds.com/obc/) have carefully scrutinized pictures of this bird and have concluded that it is in fact a female Savanna Nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis). I yield to their collective wisdom and thank OBC for bringing this to my attention.	Lesser Spotted Eagle 2.jpg
Nilgai.jpg	Siberian Crane.jpg	Siberian Cranes.jpg	Spoonbills.jpg
Collard Scops Owl .jpg	Sunrise.jpg	Turtle_ Glossy Ibis and Spot-billed ducks.jpg	White-Throated Kingfisher.jpg
Brahiminy Myna.jpg	Brahminy starling.jpg	Comorants.jpg	Glossy Ibis.jpg
Greater Coucal.jpg	Greater Spotted Eagle Juv.jpg	Greylag Goose.jpg	Little Comorant.jpg
Little Egret.jpg	Long-Tailed Shrike.jpg	Painted Stork in flight.jpg	Painted Stork juv.jpg
Painted Stork.jpg	Pied Kingfisher.jpg	Purple Swamphen.jpg	Red Vented Bubul.jpg
Red-Wattled Lapwing.jpg	Rose Ringed Parakeet.jpg	Spot Billed Duck.jpg	Wood Sandpiper.jpg
Wooly -Necked Stork.jpg	Black-necked Stork.jpg	Black-necked Stork eating Coot.jpg	Black Drongo.jpg
Grass Cutter.jpg	Juv Heron.jpg	Comorant and Egret.jpg

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Eshita		23-Aug-2017 23:17
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nagendra shekhar		28-Jan-2011 12:59
nice photographs all these inspired me to visit Bharatpur in coming Holidays, thanks

Amanda Cook		02-Aug-2007 10:34
Thank you for your great pictures. Am currently looking into whether to visit the park combined with a trip to Ranthambore and your pcitures have decided me. Even if we don't get to see as much as you did it is still worth giving this obviously lovely place our full support.

PRASENJIT PAL		09-Jul-2006 11:04
Dear Sir, Your Photographs of the Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary in India are simply Wonderful!! I am also a lover of wild life and have been to Keoladeo quite a few times and have a large collection of photographs - but your ones are simply GREAT!! Keep up the good work!!

hem		31-Aug-2005 06:37
Ghana National Park, Bharatpur is famous for Bird Sactuary. It is located in Rajasthan. Prince Bhamji of Morvi state in Gujarat converted this area into a world famous wildlife reserve. I have collected some more information from the websitehttp://www.rajasthan-india-tours.com/rajasthan-wildlife-tour/bharatpur-bird-sanctuary.html

Sai Shankar		08-Apr-2003 14:23
Well I heard so much about this park, I visited on Oct 25th, 2002. Unfortunately there were no birds at all. The reason - no monsoons this year (2002). All the birds went some where else. After seeing your pictures, I have decided to try some other winter to visit this park.

IVAN & HELEN EARL		30-Jan-2003 09:54
Hey Dave, We also went to the reserve. It was fantastic, however, at the time there was a severe drought. We really enjoyed your pics. Will send you my internet site (ivanearlphotography.com) not yet up and running but very soon! Really pleased to see your site. Best wishes, Helen & Ivan.

Pablo Fen�ndez Garc�a		12-Nov-2002 17:20
What a wonderful photograps¡¡without doubs the best web about this place I found¡¡¡ Congratulations

Stephen Behrens		20-Aug-2002 01:08
Hi dad, like the gallery, have alot of good shots, keep up the good work and have fun! Love Stephen

Conan Butcher		08-Feb-2002 14:20
Very good photographs, excellent colours. Wonderful place. www.conanbutcher.com

Cindy Mead		28-Jan-2002 03:53
spectacular captures, really enjoyed these!

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