[Assam] Birds photographs

[Chan Mahanta]

Did find them by going to the web.

Nice pics Chitta.

Too bad you did not get a better shot of the Bluejay that took off. 
We have Bluejays here in St. Louis too, it is our state bird. But 
somehow the Assam ones seem to have a brighter coloration.

The Fish-eagle looks very much like the American bald-eagle, the US 
National bird. I doubt however that it is the 'kurua', which does not 
have a mantle of white feathers as this bird does. This bird is the 
Ring-tailed fishing eagle ( Haliaeetus leucoryphus).  See 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Eagle_In_Flight_2004-09-01.jpeg
What we commonly call the "kurua"  is brown all over.

Where did you shoot the Fish-eagle Chitta? I never saw it myself. It 
is apparently a highly endangered bird.













At 10:00 PM -0500 4/20/08, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
>Thanks for sending us the photographs.
>I heard of 'Kuruwa' birds but had no idea that there are such 
>beautiful birds in Assam.
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>Good to know they are being protected. Hunting of any kind should be banned.
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>"In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree 
>and humble like a blade of grass"
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>  > From: c_pathak at hotmail.com> To: assam at assamnet.org> Date: Fri, 11 
>Apr 2008 04:52:03 +0000> Subject: [Assam] Birds photographs> > > I 
>have attached two photographs of birds taken in Assam this 
>winter.One is Indian Roller or Blue Jay (Neelokontho) and other is 
>fishing eagle (kurua). Also attached is photograph of unsung 
>protector of these once common now rare wildlife of assam-a forest 
>guard from Kaziranga.RegardsChittaranjan > 
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