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| Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus longicaudatus/hopwoodi
- Adult with prey |
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| Photographer : | © Supriyo Samanta |
| Location : | The Neora Valley Jungle Camp (1868m), Kolakham, Kalimpong Hills, Darjeeling District, northern West Bengal, India |
| Date : |
20 May 2009 |
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| Bird Family : | Dicrurini - Drongos |
| Bird Group : | PASSERIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Unspecified |
| Remarks : | There was good number of Black throated Tits Aegithalos concinnus in the camp site, and the birds were very easy so far as a photographer's point of view. So I had a plan to catch some happy moods of those birds. After a very good breakfast, I decided to go after those birds. Suddenly I saw them behave differently, and they were scattering away here and there. Then I realized that they were attacked by an Ashy Drongo, and the predator landed up with a kill. I managed to take some snaps of this happy Ashy Drongo but missed the happy moments of the tits, because those birds vanished from the camp site for the rest of my stay. - SS |
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