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Caprimulgus asiaticus
Large bird with mottling of colours that allows it to blend in perfectly. Shades of greyish brown streaked blackish brown...all colours that blends in with shadows and soil.
Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary (CKBS). This sanctuary has "paths" which visitors are expected to follow but we strayed from these safe paths and entered the vegetative growth...there was a deep gully (dry now) covered with vegetation. We were standing at a height and one side fell steeply towards this gully. There was a very thick vine with its free, growing end extending into the gullly. At its base, where the vine almost touched the soil, directly under where I was standing, but with a steep vertical clearance, sat this bird with its tail towards me. It looked like a lump at the base of the vine... I am so grateful that it did not fly away before I actually saw it.
A lifer for me.
Spotted on Nov 22, 2014
Submitted on Nov 22, 2014
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