Natural Neighbours - 03

"Last year near Chitravathi."

Below: "Looks like an Osprey, definitely a bird of prey that flaps its wings and manages to stay / hover in same place without moving before diving on the prey."


 

Photos courtesy our colleague A. U. Jai Ganesh.

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