Escape Into The Wild is blog of Viral Patel and Pankaj Maheria's wildlife photography include animal, bird, marine life, insect and other. We click with Nikon D500, Nikon D7100 and Nikon B700 in sanctuaries of Gujarat and India.!
Demoiselle Crane (કરકરો) is the one of beautiful bird with beautiful mascara.
The Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo) is a species of crane found in
central Eurasia, ranging from the Black Sea to Mongolia and North Eastern
China. The birds from Asia, Mongolia and China will spend the winter in the
Indian subcontinent.
In Gujarat we saw them at many places but the
most promising place for them in Vadla dam site situated near the Nal Sarovar
Bird Sanctuary. Demoiselle Cranes gather here in large number. While returned
to Patan from Ahmedabad we visited this place. Demoiselle Cranes are roosting
at Vadla wetland in this season. It was evening time so all the birds from surroundings
are gather here. We stayed almost two hours and during this time more n more Demoiselle
Crane are kept coming along with Common Crane, Pelicans, Common Coot, Greylag Geese etc.
Soon wetland is flooded
with thousands of Demoiselle Cranes, it’s an amazing site. They are busy in
calling, preening, foraging and practising display. Whole area is pulsated
alive with their evening chorus. We also registered presence of some raptors
like GSE, Marsh Harrier and Black-shouldered Kite. When any raptor fly over Demoiselle
Cranes, they started to make shrill alarm calls and take a roundabout short
flight before landing back in the lake. They are looking so beautiful… especially
their red eyes lined with white mascara. They are so many…It was difficult for
us to click all the birds in single frame. We take some great shots in stunning
evening light. Still more Demoiselle Cranes were kept coming to wetland when we
were finally leaving the place. We can able to hear their communal song at
quite far distance. Its our ‘Demoiselle Crane Day ’.
17th January 2016
Vadla Wetland, Nr.
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary, near Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
