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ANCIPS AND BEYOND . . .

1/13/2015

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As I forage for intellectual fodder during the Annual Meeting of the Indian Psychiatric Society, on many occasions a sojourn outside the conference often provides much more stimulation!

Last year during the Pune meet, I was at Kumbhargaon in a village home stay savoring the winter migrants. This year at Hyderabad in the amiable company of Asif, an ardent birder (whose family owns the oldest bookshop in Hyderabad!), I ventured out with Ajay to have a glimpse of some avian friends. We set out at the break of the dawn, drove for a while outside the city and then onto demanding dirt tracks to the hinterlands of Gandipet lake (also known as Osman Sagar) which was created by damning the river Musi in 1920s. The lake was quite dry and we gingerly walked across the lake bed which was quite mushy at many a place. After a considerable walk, we could discern a flock of Flamingos at a distance in a pool of water.
It was a wonderful sight to have a glimpse of these dainty birds in the early morning sun. We stood at a distance, quietly watching them as they went about their daily activities. Even though they were at quite a distance, I took out my camera slowly so as to not unsettle them, to register their presence, digitally. There were a few adventurous folks who had ventured onto the opposite bank to have a closer ‘catch’ of these elegant birds. Whenever I was focusing attention on the birds, these bipeds were always in frame, quite close to the birds (too close perhaps?) to have a ‘good shot’. Sometimes one wonders whether the beauty of bird watching is undermined by intrusive digital photography!

We just stood there for several hours savoring the richness of nature in front of us. River terns, sandpipers, larks, bar headed geese and others kept us company as we slowly retraced our paths back…

Glimpses At:
https://www.flickr.com/gp/24876955@N02/nHm741/

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Malathi Swaminathan
1/12/2015 08:28:44 pm

Absolutely Amazing!!

Thank you for sharing!!

What a flock!! The singletons took as much of my attention too!

Simply love the balance of professional interaction well weaved with personal interest; truly laudable!

What continues to fascinate and amaze me is the way you find the right person to go these places.

Since it has been long since I bird watched I struggled to name those in the last two rows. Rather than worry I resolved to simply enjoy them-just as your point of "undermined & digital photography".

Thanks again a heap, love each of the shots, absolutely sharp and super (we all know you are good with the shots yet can not help saying it).

Happy Bhogi
Happy Pongal!
Happy Times

Malathi Swaminathan

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Adarsha
1/12/2015 10:01:51 pm

Truly beyond Sir!

The first photo - the neck, the wings, the straight legs! What a take off, took my breath away!
Oh bird, please come back next year!

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Ragu
1/12/2015 11:11:58 pm

Thanks for your appreciative notes Malathi and Abhi. They will definitely come back if we give them their space:)

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Ragu
1/12/2015 11:12:58 pm

Sorry for the typo Adarsha:-(

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