Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Magpie Robin

Photo by : Abhijit Joshi
Camera : Canon S3IS

Male, sleek black with white underparts and prominent white slash across black wings. Black portions in male are slate grey in female. Cocked tail is typical. Common woodland and garden bird। Occasional descending whistle note or when alarmed, a harsh "churrrrr", When courting, sings and whistels beautifully.

Magpie Robin (दयाल)
Location : Atkarwadi, Pune

2 comments:

KAsh said...

Good image.
Doing bird watching now a days :-)

A Libra Woman said...

Your pictures are very good. I really liked more the moments you tried to capture. Great work.