They are large, crow-like bird with a long tail and shiny
coppery brown wings, found in wide range of habitats from jungle to cultivation
and urban gardens. They are weak fliers, often seen clambering about in
vegetation or walking on the ground as they forage for insects, eggs and
nestlings of other birds. Therefore, it’s difficult to get the flight shot of
this bird and also we saw many roadside accidents of this bird while crossing
busy road. We saw many times dead body of Greater Coucal over road due to these
unfortunate accidents. We frequently visited Narmada canal at Dharpur, Patan
for bird photography. It is comparatively large canal full of flowing water so
if any bird wants to cross it than it has to fly. Due to that we get chance to
the click this bird in flight. Finally, we got the photo of Mr Lazy Flier in
flight.
22nd
April 2015
Patan, Gujarat, India
Nikon D7100
AF-S Nikkor
300mm F/4D IF-ED + AF-S Teleconverter TC-14E
f/8, 1/2000,iso-500
