The unmistakable profile of a Common Hoopoe. I love these birds, with their distinctive thin bill and counterbalancing crest. I think they have evolved just to delight me! (Mind you, I could say that about most critters)

Thick-billed Flowerpecker (trying to make itself more colorful by surrounding itself with flowers). Somehow gratifying to see this little bird feeding on mistletoe, which is a common parasite on eucalypts in Australia. The light was very harsh at midday, so I was lucky to get it in the shade.

Oriental Magpie Robin, every Indian garden has one (or two). Taken in the garden outside our hotel this morning in soft morning light.

Gulp! Indian Grey Hornbill feasting on figs. These big birds have are usually very flighty, and difficult to get close to. You just have to catch one when it is distracted, and what better way than with FOOD!!

Shades of sky blue; The Indian Roller.

Diminutive Jungle Prinia singing in the shade of midday.