Swaraj Dweep

It looked like the Dollarbird was posing for me with the tilt of his head.

Went bird watching at Swaraj Dweep (Havelock Island of Andaman Nicobar) and was lucky to have spotted quite a few  birds.

The Dollar bird is a first for me and is found in Australia to Korea, Japan and in the Andaman Nicobar islands.

The other first for me was the White bellied sea eagle.

In the video you can see how majestically he flies over the beach.

While clicking some pictures of the sunset, I sensed some activity behind me and saw some red breasted parakeets busy chatting away before sunset.

The common Kingfisher and the White throated Kingfisher took turns to share the same pole to perch itself for fishing.

Found these Eurasian Moorhen at the same waterbody where the Kingfisher was.

A pair of Black naped Oriole were right on top of the tree and they looked good against the rising sun.

Greater Racket tailed Drongo, is capable of mimicking other bird calls.

The Andaman Coucal is slightly different from what we see in mainland India.

There were many more birds that we spotted but I could not photograph.There was an opening in the forest and I liked the way the sunlight was falling on these tall Padauk trees.

This picture will give you an idea of how tall and huge this tree is

This tree stump must have witnessed many activities over here especially during WW-II when the Japanese used this as a surveillance point.

After sunset, it is worth venturing out to have a peep at the nocturnal birds and insects (with proper guidance) Mr Prathamesh is a good guide who can show you around. Here you see the Signature spider. The spider gets its name by the individual signature you see on the web.

The highlight of the stay was the coral walk. I got to learn many things about marine life, especially around the corals.

By the way if you stay at "Barefoot" you get to experience many things including  the coral walk.