Reflection

Reflection, originally uploaded by Sachin N Saraf.

This duck flew in just for 5 min in the pond and luckily I was on my way home and captured few shots and liked this one most for the clear reflection in the water.

Sparrow

I will get the exact Id of this sparrow soon.

I loved this bird.

Gray Cat bird

I will appreciate if someone can help me with the name of this one.

I am sure I will not be able to find its ID :-)

CWW

I have been following these CWW couple for a while now but they always prefer sitting on top of the trees.

Today morning for a change this one decided to take a dive and offered me to take few shots.

Good Morning!

I left for Terrywile Park early in the morning today. I went to a side I have never went before and tried my luck at one of the smaller berry tree out there. There were only Robins around the berry tree and were not coming out of the shadow of the tree leaves.

Suddenly this Squirrel came out with the fruit and was enjoying the beautiful morning sunlight.

I learned a lesson that to get the great images of wildlife it is very important to go out very early in the morning.

Camouflage

Some animals hide in plain sight in order to survive in the wild! You might be thinking, how does this work!? When you play hide-n-seek can you just sit in the middle of the room? No, you will be found immediately. The difference between humans and some animals who hide in the open is that these animals have colors and patterns that allow them to disappear, almost becoming invisible before your very eyes.

Cryptic coloration is the most common form of camouflage, found to some extent in the majority of species. The simplest way is for an animal to be of a color similar to its surroundings.

I was trying to get some macro shots of flower around the mud standing right next to this frog but never saw it until lens mistakenly focused on this amphibion.
I was thrilled to see the natures beauty.

Field Sparrow

This was the last picture of my today's visit (18-Jun-2010). The sun was setting and I saw this house sparrow bathing in the warm twilight of setting sun.
I took four pictures before I get the correct exposure. I wanted to get the exposure exactly the same as I was getting through Worlds best lens (My Eyes) Finally I succeeded and liked the outcome very much. It looks beautiful with the orange light reflecting from its wings. I am happy I could retain the details and been able to produce and share the picture exactly as I saw it.

I returned home with satisfaction and was charged enough to upload and share the images.

Identification:
Entirely pink bill is distinctive. Gray face with reddish crown, distinct white eye ring, and indistinct reddish eye line. Back is streaked except on gray-brown rump. Rich buffy-orange unstreaked breast and sides; grayish white belly; pink legs. Juvenile: streaked below; buffy wing bars.
The American tree is most similar but has a 2-toned bill and a black central breast spot. The breeding-plumaged chipping  shares the rufous cap but has a dark eye line, is plain gray below without buff on the breast or flanks, has a dark bill, and lacks the bold eye ring.