Bhadra WLS @ Monsoon

With IIM friends made a quick weekend trip to bhadra. Highlight of the trip was spotting grey headed fish eagle, white bellied sea eagle and tons of river terns. Monsoon is here. Forest is lush green. Overall water level is less but still the place is awesome enough to justify multiple visits.


Here is a grey headed fish eagle we noticed during boating. I like the head turn that is away from the tree branch.

Grey Headed Fish Eagle | Bhadra WLS

Though the tern population peaks during april-may towards end of may still there were substantial number of  river terns. Gives lot of opportunities to make flight shots. But as with the flight shots it is hard to plan the composition.

Flight of the Tern | Bhadra WLS

Here is a little cormorant in the morning sun. I like the stare into the empty space on the right. Gives a sense of "looking forward to" feel to the image.

Little Cormorant | Bhadra WLS

The terns just keep taking off and landing in the one of mini islands in the dam backwaters. It is a matter of deciding when to take the flight shot.

Tern Flight | Bhadra WLS