Love was in the air

Amur Falcon, a migratory bird of prey, a passage migrant in India.

Portrait of Black Kite

Bold tiger of Rukhad zone from Pench national park.

Tiger sniffing trees during its routine territory marking.

C.N- Coppersmith Barbet; S.N - Psilopogon haemacephalus LC Least Concern. Listen A small, widespread, and cute little barbet with streaked underparts and a well-patterned face. Most populations have a red forehead, yellow around the eye and throat, and a black eyestripe all bordered at the rear of the crown by a black band. Also note red “badge” on upper chest. Female averages duller than the male, with some yellow on a narrower red “badge”. Immature lacks all red and has faint streaking on the throat. Subspecies in Sumatra, Nusa Tenggara, and the central Philippines have bright red-and-black faces. While common, can be hard to see; listen instead for its call, a prolonged and unmistakable “kuk-kuk-kuk.” Favors open woodlands, forest edge, and gardens in lowland and foothill areas; ranges up into higher elevations in the Philippines and Indonesia.

Pic taken in Costa Rica in Jan 2020

Kingfisher birds have too much patience

It is a picture of freshly plucked Ghost Peppers that I shot on my Canon 90D while travelling to a remote hill station of Manipur.