Birds in India Photographed by Suresh Easwar
May 25, 2022
by Suresh Easwar
I took these photographs of birds in and around Chennai, during a recent visit to India.
I have also photographed birds in the U.S., Antarctica, Falkland Islands and elsewhere. My photos can be seen on Instagram, where my handle is seaswarnyc. I grew up in Chennai and migrated to the U.S.; I live in New York,
I found two bundles of cuteness in a local park in Chennai, India. Spotted Owlets. (c) Suresh Easwar.
A Green Bee-eater lives up to its name at the Broken Bridge, Chennai. (c) Suresh Easwar.
A Black-tailed Godwit was foraging along the Adyar River in Chennai. Back-lit image. (c) Suresh Easwar.
A White-throated Kingfisher on the lookout for a meal by the Adyar River in Chennai. They are opportunistic hunters. I have seen them catch fish, grasshoppers, centipedes…and even scorpions, Anything goes. (c) Suresh Easwar.
A Pied Kingfisher snags a fish in the backwaters of the Bay of Bengal in Muttukadu, near Chennai. (c) Suresh Easwar.
A Common Kingfisher, a sparrow-sized bird, perched on a fishing net in Muttukadu, near Chennai. (c) Suresh Easwar.
Greater Flamingo, the largest extant species of Flamigo, at Muttukadu, near Chennai. A flock of over a 100 was resident in these backwaters of the Bay of Bengal. (c) Suresh Easwar.
Greater Flamingos at Muttukadu, near Chennai. (c) Suresh Easwar.
No matter where in the world, crows and raptors, which are birds of prey, just don’t get along. Early one morning, by the Adyar River in Chennai, I saw a House Crow heckling and trying to chase away a Black Kite. (c) Suresh Easwar.
In January, Suresh Easwar got local media coverage for his photographs of a Bald Eagle in New York’s Central Park. The eagle, which is native to North America, is a rare sight in the park. A symbol of the United States, its image appears on currency, flags and other items of the military and government.
Suresh Easwar in Central Park. May, 21, 2022. Photograph by Mary Leer.