Talking of bee-eaters, this is a special one and a first sighting. Perhaps the largest of bee-eaters, as it calls those deep turquoise feathers on it's throat fluff up, giving it it's name the #BlueBeardedBeeEater #NyctyornisAthertoni #India #JimCorbettNationalPark #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

My very first hummingbird and as it flew at me, tiny with it's wings humming, checking me out... the invader of it's territory, my sister's patio. I was the one intimidated. Retreating indoors asap! 😄 #BirdOfTheDay #StaringRightAtYou #Anna'sHummingbird #CalypteAnna #California #USA #Bird

Close, closer and closer still. A perfect day to share a Red Avadavat at home in a field of tall wild grass for #BirdOfTheDay theme #Grassland and #red Isn't it a beauty? #RedAvadavat #AmandavaAmandava #SonyAlpha #India #wildlife #nature #bird

They are back! As these eye-catching, photogenic birds return to Europe & start filling up my newsfeed, here's my contribution to this seasonal joy. #EuropeanBeeEater #MeropsApiaster #MigratoryBirds #BeeEater #Austria #InFlight #Summer #birdlife #birds #3TimesLucky

After Africa's largest Kingfisher, is this, the largest kingfisher from the Americas. The #RingedKingfisher I am so happy to have this photograph, right from the moment it re-emerged from the water, fish in mouth. P:S. I think it was watching me! #MegaceryleTorquata #Brazil #Panthanal #birds

More Kingfishers?!?!?! Yupp! For today, a spectacular Giant Kingfisher. The largest Kingfishers in Africa and certainly one of the most dramatic. Scientific Name: Megaceryle maxima Conservation Status: Least Concern #GiantKingfisher #MegaceryleMaxima #Kenya #LakeNaivasha #Kingfisher #birds

If you can, please see on a large screen... #BirdOfTheDay theme #DucksInTheAir. There were Eurasian Wigeons, a Great Egret, and some Northern Shovelers. In the early morning light, as they flew... moments of bliss and all's well with the world. #India #Birds #joy

For #BirdOfTheDay theme #WaterDroplets A Blackbird shows how it's done on warm sunny days. #Spain #Birds #Blackbird #EurasianBlackbird #TurdusMerula #Summer

Third stop of take off is all go. It's the Striped Kingfisher. Also from Ghana who showed up nicely pretty much on the end of our time there. Making our Kingfisher count for Mole complete. Thank you Stripey! #StripedKingfisher #HalcyonChelicuti #Ghana #MoleNationalPark #bird

This absolute stunner, a Blue-breasted Kingfisher. in isolation, & then click through to the next photograph. Tell me which image you like better.😊 #BlueBreastedKingfisher #HalcyonMalimbica #Ghana #MoleNationalPark #Kingfisher #bird

For #BirdOfTheDay Alt Theme #Blue, a Blue Whistling-Thrush from the mountains of North India. And hear it here xeno-canto.org/547815 #BirdsSeenIn2026 #India #Birds #MyophonusCaeruleus

I have seen many peacocks. I have seen many dancing peacocks. But this was the first time I saw a peacock dancing with full abandon in a forest. #India #IndianPeafowl #PavoCristatus #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

An Imperial Eagle flies below a Greater Spotted Eagle! A thrill from a morning at #SultanpurBirdSanctuary Winter migrants to India, both are listed as Vulnerable on conservation lists. How I wish, I'd got them both in focus. #AquilaHeliaca #ClangaClanga #Eagle #India #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Bird

The whole family was there! Spotted Owlets with a million questions in their eyes. #SpottedOwlet #AtheneBrama #owls #BharatpurBirdSanctuary #India #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

An Alexandrine Parakeet flew wild and free across the forest, on a gorgeous morning. It breaks my heart, most websites mention them as pets. Kept in cages for human entertainment. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #alexandrianparakeet #PsittaculaEupatria #India #Parakeet #BeFree #Birds #sultanpurbirdsanctuary

First she made walking on a steep cliff look like cat's play. Then she made hiding in plain sight look like cat's play. Finally she stopped & looked at us . . Sheer beauty. #IndianLeopard #PantheraPardusFusca #BigCats #IndiaWildlife #India #VanghatLodge #Wildlife

One afternoon, along a quiet part of the marshes. Far from other visitors. I came across this Darter. That thought it was a dragon. #AnhingaMelanogaster #OrientalDarter #India #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #KeoladeoGhanaNationalPark #Bharatpur

#ReadingChallenge2026 Book 15 of 30. An excellent read into the continent and it's many countries. #africa #nonfictionbooks #greaterunderstanding #dipofaloyin #audiobooks

Incoming!! In the cutest possible way. Just see those feet! 😍 Lesser whistling ducks at Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur. #dendrocygnajavanica #bharatpurbirdsanctuary #India #LesserWhistlingDuck #Duck #BirdsInFlight #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

#ReadingChallenge2026 Book # 13 of 30 and a lucky 13 at that! Stories of perseverance and luck. Add to them some tales of birds. Just my favourite kind of book! #booksbooksbooks #nonfictionbooks #booksonbirds #birdsofindia #birdsbirds

Another lifer. One of astonishing grace and beauty. Sarus Cranes in their courtship dance. In India, they are symbols of marital fidelity, believed to mate for life and pine the loss of a mate, even to death. Isn't that beautiful? #birds #BharatpurBirdSanctuary #India #BirdsSeenIn2026

1st day in #India, a new looking bird came quietly to a tree in the garden. On the last day, even as I waited for a taxi to the airport, an entire flock arrived! Literally with the last bit of battery, on the last bit on space on the memory cards, I got these. #BirdsSeenin2026 #RosyStarling

New computer setup. Super exciting. Super frustrating. #sundayactivities

On World Art Day, a small offering from a land that is art itself. Bella Italia on my website. Come see 🙂 www.anuradhasarup.com/painting/bel... #watercolor #painting #pleinair #Italy #aquarell #WorldArtDay

A quietly-beautiful Wood Sandpiper demonstrating it got it's name for a good reason. #WoodSandpiper #TringaGlareola #birdphotography #BirdsSeenIn2026 #KeoladeoNationalPark #India

Super excited to start sharing some recent India experiences here. As much perhaps as this exuberant Bronze-winged Jacana! 😀 #MetopidiusIndicus #jacana #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #KeoladeoNationalPark #India

Book # 11 of 30 March was a slow month for reading, but I did get my first book in #German for the year done. An interesting read, the history of the world in 12 beans. Surprisingly the English edition isn't out yet. #books #nonfiction #beans #history #readingchallenge2026

A great reason to get up pre-dawn. 😊 #India #BharatpurBirdSanctuary #waterbirds #earlyMorning #natureSounds #birds

Deep in the editing of photographs from Ghana, now as I see the birds properly (some thing that was not possible, caught-up in the fast paced birding we were in), the richness of birdlife in the country amazes. Singing it's heart out, a Red-winged Prinia. #PriniaErythroptera #ghana #Birds

Saying hello after a few days of hectic photo-editing and all kinds of other stuff. #BirdOfTheDay #HeadShots A Chinese Goose from Italy 😊

I got it! After a long wait. #Junglekeeper #PaulRosolie #Amazon #Nonfiction #

Weekend thought. I avoid #AI but use #Denoise etc AI features in #Lightroom. Is it also heavily environmentally damaging? What SW etc could I use instead? What if sharing my delight in #birds and forests I end up causing them harm instead?! Any views? #photoediting #environment #sustainability

3 Rosy Bee-eaters sat on a tree 1 flew away & then there were 2. 2 Rosy Bee-eaters sat on a tree 1 flew away & then there was 1. 1st time we went they were out. We returned the next day and they were there far away. We took some photos & made our way back. #birds #Ghana #WillTravel4Birds

How about this for an Odd Couple? (still love that old serial!) For #BirdOfTheDay theme #MixedPairs P:S. the relationship didn't last long, as moments later, the lady Hornbill arrived :D #WillTravel4Birds #Birds #Ghana #Thursday

February was an interesting month. Book 8 - The Silent Miaow Book 9 - The Ramayan Book 10 - The Mother of God #ReadingChallenge2026 #SilentMiaow #Ramayan #MotherOfGod #Audiobooks #Audible #LibraryBooks #internetarchive

I've been struggling with today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #PerfectLighting. What is the perfect light? Bright and strong. Illuminating every detail. Or is it some nature of light that makes the photograph 'special' somehow? Here are both... #Kenya #Birds #WillTravel4Birds #Light

It's that special time of the year when wonderous things happen. Like seeing two #Robins together for the very first time in my life!! #SpringTime #BirdlifeAustria #birds #WillTravel4Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Austria

A few more than four but whose counting :) From some years ago on Lake Bogoria, in #Kenya. It was the first time I saw such a big gathering of Lesser flamingos. That they are a threatened species made these numbers all the more joyful to see. Some more pics in comments. #birdoftheday #fourormore

All focus up and ahead. The local European Green Woodpecker. Its unmistakable call even has a special name 'yaffling', the birds sometimes called the Yaffle 😍 #EuropeanGreenWoodpecker #Austria #Woodpecker #birdphotography #BirdlifeAustria #CityBirds #BirdsSeenIN2026 #WillTravel4Birds

I will not talk politics online BUT considering all that's happening these days, the #Rooks are us as we all take sides. 'Lining up for the fight' is maybe my #BestOfTheMonth from February. Not much photography was done. Still editing Ghana. #Hungary #WillTravel4Birds #BirdsSeenin2026

Wings ahoy! From #Hungary 's #Raptor weekend again for #BirdOfTheDay theme #WideOpenWings A White-tailed Eagle and Hooded Crows Scientific Name: Haliaeetus albicilla Conservation status: Least Concern #Birds #birdsSeenin2026 #WillTravel4Birds

3 curiosities of a Mountain Wren for #WrensDay Scientific Name: Troglodytes solstitialis Conservation status: Least concern #BirdOfTheDay #Colombia #WillTravel4Birds #bird

For #BirdOfTheDay theme #Borb, a Common Chiffchaff doing it's best. #Bird #Austria #WillTravel4Birds #yellow

Look at me! Look at me!!.... please 😁 A Colombian chachalaca ensuring it looks its best for todays #PowerPose theme in #BirdOfTheDay (Ortalis columbiana) Conservation status: Least Concern #Colombia #WillTravel4Birds #birds #wildlifephotography #StandTall

Small but quite fierce with it's #RuffledFeathers #BirdOfTheDay theme A Rufous-crowned tody-flycatcher. #Colombia #WillTravel4Birds #birds

Neighborhood Celebrity #BirdsInTheirElement #BirdOfTheDay #Austria #Reflections #bird #WillTravel4Birds #bird #BirdsSeenin2026

Not to be left behind, a White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) doing a Marabou style #OneLeg to be part of todays #BirdoftheDay theme at the Hortobágyi National Park. Conservation status: Least Concern #WillTravel4Birds #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #sidestep #Hungary

Asking to be part of #BirdoftheDay theme #OneLeg A Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) does a slow walk high in the tree at Lake Naivasha, #Kenya Conservation status: Least Concern #WillTravel4Birds

For #birdoftheday #cutelittle here's a golden fellow, the Striated fieldwren . Endemic to Australia they are generally difficult to spot . Not so our happy one, as it posed for a photo-session. #birds #Australia #WillTRavel4Birds

Leoben today, as winter returned. Here are some glimpses from a leisurely walk. #Leoben #Snow #winter #colourpops #Austria