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The Hornbill Day| Photo : Abhishek Shankar
When any birder visits Dandeli the primary motive is always to visit Tmber Depot to spot 3 species
of Hornbills. The Malabar Pied Hornbill , The Great Hornbill and the Malabar Grey Hornbill. I had
also gone with the same motive to Dandeli. The previous evening when we were at the Old
magazine house the clouds hovered over the small village of Ganeshgudi and the neighbouring
Dandeli. Soon after the heavens opened up and it rained the whole night. The next morning I
adjusted myself in the car of a friend and set out to spot the hornbills. As we proceeded towards
Dandeli the rains intensified and after a few minutes the clouds came down covering the whole
village. As a birder and photographer I was disappointed but it was a sight to behold. We passed
through the slush and reached the bridge and to our surprise the Malabar Pied Hornbills were
already feeding on the fig tree. I rushed to the bridge but was finding it difficult to hold my Tamron
150 - 600 Lens without a tripod and clicking with a shutter speed of 0/1s. Somehow I settled myself
and found a lone Hornbill Feeding. It was really fun watching them and best is to put the camera
down and watch them.