ML611820368

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

0. Might be "White's Thrush" also! 1. First report from Howrah + Personal Lifer. 2. 22.51314° N, 87.96612° E while I was exploring the forest, two cryptic looking birds spotted me and moved from a dry pool/ditchsurrounded by bamboo groves, towards the edge away from me. The first bird immediately flew behind bamboo stalks. The other walked up till the edge of the ditch. I receded behind a tree hoping that the bird will stay by the time I make my camera ready for a capture. Alas, they vanished! 3. I wondered what it could be, reminded me of Black-rumped Flameback or Steak-throated Woodpecker. After moving silently, found them! 4. One bird was relatively still, and the other bird was performing something like a courtship display, about 3-4 meter away on the forest floor littered with bamboo leaves. The bird was swaying its tail up and down in slow but rhythmic motion (seen this behavior for courting YFGPigeon on trees), with the rectrices spread like a fan. But this might just be their normal foraging behavior: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/332774951?__hstc=60209138.6f31752c4fb3f1068af46f756126ed18.1694629541514.1701540808799.1701589058855.292&__hssc=60209138.29.1701589058855&__hsfp=115294553&_ga=2.32672253.2147431447.1701372857-1978491101.1694629842 5. I could take few photos, but was too distant and the area was shady. Luckily few photos came out okay for identification. At some point, the bird (or its partner) saw me and they both flew away and perched on bamboo stalks ~2 meter above the ground. 6. Given its size (Lineated Barbet size), this pair is very wary of human. Similar sized resident birds let me get closer than these. Maybe they have just arrived here?

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS R8

Lens

RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

Focal length

500 mm

f-stop

f/7.1

Shutter speed

1/500 sec

Dimensions

4243 pixels x 2830 pixels

Original file size

8.82 MB