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Tiger trip to Bandhavgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.

Black-necked Stork
Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
Bharatpur - April 2004

This bird shows clearly a yellow iris indicating it to be a female.

There was just 4 birds present, the picture below shows a pair together. The male has a brown iris.

Digiscoped at long range using Coolpix 995 and Leica Televid 62mm with 32x ww combination.

Black-necked Stork - Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
Bharatpur - April 2004. - female on left / male on right.

Painted Stork - Mycteria leucocephala
Bharatpur April 2004

Good numbers were still at Bharatpur despite the breedig season being over. The adults are very striking, whilst the juveniles are very dull and greyish brown in comparison.

Again these photos digiscoped at long range.

Woolly-necked Stork - Ciconia episcopus
Bandavgarh - April 2004

Woolly-necked Stork - Ciconia episcopus
Bharatpur - April 2004

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