guruofall Member 107 posts Likes: 69 Joined Jun 2009 Location: Pune, MH, India More info | Jun 24, 2014 11:11 | #1 During recent jungle safari in Madhya Pradesh, India, I came across this beauty. She was sitting on her two precious eggs.   IMG_8964 by kohalea, on Flickr IMG_8867 by kohalea, on FlickrShot taken from a distance shows how perfect this camouflage is.  IMG_8865 by kohalea, on FlickrGear: Canon EOS 6D | Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 | 24-105mm f/4 IS L | 50mm f/1.8 | 100mm f/2.8 Macro | Tamron SP 150-600 f/5-6.3 Di VC USD | 580 ex ii
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LesterWareham Moderator  More info | Jun 24, 2014 12:08 | #2 Wonderful find Anoop. My Photography Home Page
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butterfly2937 Cream of the Crop  More info | Jun 24, 2014 21:41 | #3 |
Jun 25, 2014 11:31 | #4 Lester Wareham wrote in post #16991726 Wonderful find Anoop. Thanks Lester. butterfly2937 wrote in post #16992717 It is very interesting there is not nest for the eggs they look like they are out in the open. I assume mom must not wonder far from that spot. Nice set. This is very remote location in deep jungle. So there are no predators that can harm the eggs. Also Nightjar do not build nests but lay eggs on bare ground. Following quote I found about them in wikipedia Nightjars lay one or two patterned eggs directly onto bare ground. It has been suggested that nightjars will move their eggs and chicks from the nesting site in the event of danger by carrying them in their mouths. This suggestion has been repeated many times in ornithology books, but while this may accidentally happen, surveys of nightjar research have found very little evidence to support this idea. Reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightjar Gear: Canon EOS 6D | Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 | 24-105mm f/4 IS L | 50mm f/1.8 | 100mm f/2.8 Macro | Tamron SP 150-600 f/5-6.3 Di VC USD | 580 ex ii
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