Charakhla
We set out from Porbandar really early in the morning to
make it to Charakhla by daybreak. Enroute, in the predawn sky we saw hundreds of
mainly Demoiselle cranes off to their foraging grounds …. There were few Common
cranes and their flocks were much smaller, no more than 12 to 15. The
Demoiselle flocks numbered upwards of 50 sometimes up to a 100! No pics of those due to the light conditions.
We entered Charakhla through Madhi and relying on our Google
research, chose the bund we wanted to drive on… This is the spectacle that met
our eyes…….
Most photographs are courtesy my partner...
Most photographs are courtesy my partner...
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| Gulls at the salt pans |
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| Seems snowed in !! |
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| Dalmatian Pelican |
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| Greater Flamingoes |
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| Little stint |
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| Rosy or Great White pelicans |
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| Yellow Wagtail |
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| Heuglin's Gulls |
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| Black necked Grebes |
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| Slender Billed Gull |
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| Black necked Grebe |
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| Greater Flamingo |
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| Pied Avocet |
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| Grey Heron |
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| Pied Avocet |
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| Turtle |
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| Curlew Sandpiper |
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| Demoiselle Cranes |
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| Painted Stork |
