Crested Serpent Eagle
© Rishi Khanna
Published:
February 20, 2012
A Crested Serpent Eagle
(Spilornis cheela) lifts off from a perch in
Keoladeo National Park, a
UNESCO World Heritage Site formerly known as the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.
Forum member Rishi Khanna shot the photo and posted it to our
World Gallery. "The eagle rested on its perch for 20 long minutes and then flew to the left," he says. "I don’t know the reason why it left its perch because I was tucked in a bush with my camera. But this part of the sanctuary is full of parakeets, so I am guessing it flew off to get lunch."
Rishi used a Nikon D5100 and a 300mm lens.
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