KING VULTURE

In a previous post I happened to mention the King Vulture and described the creature a bit. Just after the visit to Bandhavgarh that I described, we happened to visit Kanha. It was there that we got to snap a few photographs of the Beautiful creature in full flight. The camera was a borrowed digital one. But as I promised, I am planning to buy a good camera soon. Meanwhile, enjoy these photographs from the borrowed unit.



Kakoli was not there on this trip. Present with me was another guy, equally jungle mad, Prakash Zanwar.



In one of the photos you can clearly see that the beak portion is red. Otherwise the bird is completely black with the underside of the plumage having a bit of white.



There was no other vulture around except this one. And this one kept hovering over a particular spot hidden from our view in the dense jungle. Obviously some dead animal - a kill? We tried out best to capture the glory even as it was in full flight. We are not much as photographers. But the results - whatever they are - are for you to see and enjoy.