Red
Spurfowl is a bird of forests, and is quite secretive despite of its
size. It has a distinctive call and is often hard to see except for a few
seconds when it flushes from the undergrowth. We search for this birds from
many years. We heard them lots of time, see few times and succeeded to click
once or twice. Images which we have that was not satisfactory. In few images
birds are so far or image are shaky.
On
that day we were sitting near our favorite waterhole and waited for the small
birds to come for feeding. It was a small check dam almost dried up except for
this waterhole. So many birds used to come here for drink water and take
waterbath. Suddenly we heard call of Red Spurfowl. We already know that several
Red Spurfowls are foraging in this part of forest. We waited patiently for
them. After half an hour, suddenly one pair came out from bushes, cross the dried
riverbed swiftly and disappear in the bushes once again. We were so happy after
seeing them and when we check the images which we clicked, we were even more
delighted.
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| Red Spurfowl - Male |
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| Red Spurfowl - female |
Jessore Sloth Bear Sanctuary, Banaskantha, Gujarat, India
12 November 2017
