Home • Register • Forum • RSS • User List • Login Your trail: > Home > Black Baza -- very thrilling Black Baza -- very thrilling I almost did'nt see it!! If not for my friend who said it was a black kite!. it was really far, and sat for a very short time. could not get a good shot, but i guess this is good enough for a positive ID. Poster: Pradyumna Mohan Views: 1538 Tags: Pradyumna Mohan  April  2007  Nandi Hills    Black Baza  Nikon D-80  Sigma 170-500    Date: Apr 7, 2007

Comments:

Sainath Vellal     wrote, @07-04-2007 19:51:18 woow !

Yathin S Krishnappa     wrote, @07-04-2007 20:00:23 Wow. Black Baza in Nandi Hills? Fantastic!

Dr.J.Pranay Rao     wrote, @07-04-2007 20:03:42 Wow what a shot! I can imagine the excitement when you saw this rarely seen raptor. Has it been previously recorded in Nandi Hills?

Rajneesh Suvarna     wrote, @07-04-2007 22:21:11 Absolutely Amazing!! Black baza at Nandi Hills. Congrats

Balagopal V K     wrote, @07-04-2007 22:36:51 Congrats! a real nice catch.

Balagopal V K     wrote, @07-04-2007 22:37:04 Congrats! a real nice catch.

Balagopal V K     wrote, @07-04-2007 22:37:17 Congrats! a real nice catch.

Balagopal V K     wrote, @07-04-2007 22:37:17 Congrats! a real nice catch.

Balagopal V K     wrote, @07-04-2007 22:37:18 Congrats! a real nice catch.

Balagopal V K     wrote, @07-04-2007 22:37:18 Congrats! a real nice catch.

Balagopal V K     wrote, @07-04-2007 22:37:37 Congrats! a real nice catch.

V.P.Nurdeen     wrote, @08-04-2007 08:18:37 congrats you are one lucky guy...

Nitin.S     wrote, @08-04-2007 10:14:50 Great one... one can never take Nandi hills for granted always full of surprises.. thanks for sharing.

Deepa Mohan     wrote, @08-04-2007 10:15:45 Wow, must feel great to have made a record sighting AND got a shot of the bird as well!

Arvind Rao     wrote, @08-04-2007 10:58:38 WoW!! what a beauty!!

Pradyumna Mohan     wrote, @08-04-2007 14:20:54 Thank you for the comments guys. Dr. Pranay, to answer your question, I also posted on BNG birds, and this is what Mr. S Subramanya had to say. 'Unbelievable!!! As I scratch my brain, this is by far the first record of the species for Nandi Hills. Isn't this place is simply amazing looking at the species that turn up here? This is simply a wonderful record. Congratulations to Pradyumna for this record shot!!'

Pradyumna Mohan     wrote, @08-04-2007 15:03:23 He also said that the previous unconfirmed record of the Black Baza was in a cage in what was once a mini zoo run by srinath's family in the mid 1980's. and it was not known whether he acquired the bird from bangalore or elsewhere.

Pradyumna Mohan     wrote, @08-04-2007 15:05:02 He also said that the previous unconfirmed record of the Black Baza was in a cage in what was once a mini zoo run by srinath's family in the mid 1980's. and it was not known whether he acquired the bird from bangalore or elsewhere.

Dr.J.Pranay Rao     wrote, @08-04-2007 15:45:50 Thanks for the information Pradyumna. Congratulations to you for the first ever record of the Black Baza from Nandi Hills.

Prakash H L     wrote, @09-04-2007 10:30:41 What a catch..congrats Pradyumna.

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