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I will post a series of pictures from India Gujarat,  taken during the Global Bird Watchers' conference (25 to 27th of november 2010) organyzed in Jamnagar city to promote Gujarat as a birding destination. They've invited for this events over 100 foreign birdwatchers, photographers,nature travel agency, with full accomodations arranged. Was a really nice opportunity to be there and this is a fantastic place for birding.
The Spotted Owlet pic was taken on the conference center Car park,  using 12000 iso and the public lighting.

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Common Babbler and Laughing Dove taken on 26/11/2010 near Jamnagar using Canon Eos 1D markIV and 100-400

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Photo taken at a birds feeding place in Jamnagar. The terns was catching small fishes attracted by the bred was given to the ducks and other gulls.It's really amazing the quantity of food that local population there give to the birds... Every ten minutes was a new guy coming with hands full of bags to feed the birds.
Bank Myna, House Crow, River Tern and Gull-billed Tern, all using canon eos 1D mark IV and 100-400.

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Thanks Gumbei.
Some other shot from Jamnagar, same place as the Tern with same material.
Slender-billed Gull, Black and Brown-headed Gull

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Rosy Starling as well as Common and Bank Myna came alo numerous at this feeding place.
In Jamnagar on 26/11/2010 using Canon Eos 1D markIV and 100-400.

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a few birds in the Starling and Myna flock shows some malformation or injuries. Below some of them... If anybody have some explanations, i'm interesting on.
Sensitive souls abstain…

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a new set of picture from India Gujarat, Black Kite are fairly common in town and village, this one was shot in Sasan near Gir National Park, the Coppersmith Barbet as well as the Brahminy Starling pics were taken in Gir National Park. And a pic of a Greater Short-toed Lark taken in Nayara Marine reserve near Jamnagar city.

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Thanks Stonechat.

Green Bee-eater, Indian Lapwing and Red-vented Bulbul all from Gir National Park, and Sand Lark from Nayara Marine reserve.

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A special post for this very cooperative Oriental Honey buzzard, that spend a good hour searching for honeycomb in bushes, just ignoring my presence even i simply stand in a few meter, following it in its moving in the different bushes. I saw her entering inside deep bushes for few minute, and then flying to a other one, that probably explain the wear on its tail feathers.
I still can not understand the confident behaviour of this bird, even birds in India are usually not too shy comparing with Chinese birds, this one was particuraly pleasant especially for raptor.
Photo taken on 28th of november in Gir National Park.

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Indian Pond Heron, Indian Peafowl, Bay-backed Shrike and Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark all of them digiscoped in or near Gir National Park by end of november.

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White-shouldered Ibis, Tickell's Blue FLycatcher, Tawny Pipit and Large Grey Babbler, all from Gir National Park on 29 and 30 of november