Busy Baya

Very nice bird shot. Wish I could see his head a bit better, but that's a small matter.

It's a good one..original too, I have seen here lots of owls, egrets and kingfishers, but not this kind of bird & nest.

very original

Baya weavers are some of nature's fantastic artists. In tropicalcountries like India these birds are found building these nests in themonths of August and September. When the nests are about half built orafter, female is invited to view the work of the master craftsman. Ifshe likes it they will continue building the rest of the nest togetherand have babies. but if she does not, then the male does not askanother female to see the same work again. He starts anew. One day thediligence pays off. These birds don't live solitary. In fact they arefound as a colony on the thorny trees like Babhul (botanical name:acacia arabica). So if you see a tree with many nests mean a lot ofdisappointed males :-)

This picture is captured in a bright but diffused lighting conditionon 50D with 100-400 mm lens with ISO 800 and shutter speed of 1/2500.

Taken from a far enough distance and all the care is taken to notdisturb the bird(s). Thank you for your comments.

A wonderful shot, looks a bit surreal. Very sharp details, love the composition and the beautiful blue background. Mabye the birds head is a little bit to dark, but I don't care :-)

Very nice shot.  Thanks for the description as well.  It reminded me about "Birds of Paradise" - they too go to great lengths to attract females - particularly keeping the place where they "dance" spotlessly clean!  Fascinating!