ML172132791

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

We saw the first malkoha on a dried tree first thing when we reached. It flew away when we came. Then we observed that there was pair jumping here and there in the vicinity and we could see both from the tower. My mother pointed to us that the malkoha came on a perch. Myself and Pathania sir approached the bird and got some great shots of it on a dried tree and we were happy. Then when we were looking at a falcon near the tower, a Malkoha came and sat in front of . We were astonished. We took more photos and suddenly it jumped to the ground. I immediately took probe position to get eye level shots and Pathania sir and my mother stood besides me. As I clicked the bird, to my amazement, the Malkoha came towards us walking like a Mongoose! It kept coming towards us and we were only at a metres distance from. It was as if it could not see us. Finally after 5 minutes of posing for us, it was sacred away not by us but a helicopter which flew from above. It was a great time experience.

Technical information

Model

NIKON D5200

Lens

200-500mm f/5.6

ISO

400

Focal length

500 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/1250 sec

Dimensions

5637 pixels x 3730 pixels

Original file size

7.75 MB