Friday, December 28, 2007

The Kingfisher at Bhopal's Van Vihar


Kingfisher bird at Bhopal's van vihar, the National park in capital of Madhya Pradesh.

Kingfisher bird live in both woodland wetland habitats. Kingfishers that live near water hunt small fish diving. They also ea crayfish and insects. They are able to see well both in air and under water. To do this, their eyes have evolved an egg-shaped lens able to focus in the two different environments.

(Pic by anil gulati)

2 comments:

shehla Masood said...

van vihar has been the host to variety of birds and a treat for the birders

Anonymous said...

yes u are right... it is host not only to resident birds but its unique wetland offers a good habitat for migratory ones. I had placed large cormorants on the blog will add more from van vihar sometime later...