Mangroves of Bhitarakanika National Park

Mangroves on the saline & marshy coastline

The only mode of communication between the many islands and the multitude of water channels, motor boats.

One of the many pockets of mangroves on a tiny island just off mainland

Black capped kingfisher (Halcyon pileata)

Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)

Brown Winged Kingfisher (Halcyon amauroptera)

Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)

Water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator)

Water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator)

Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)

WIth the lack of big trees in some areas , the rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), have adapted to sharing habitat with the saltwater crocodile ( Sleeping in the back).

Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), mother and child in the mangroves

White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), with its catch of a fish

Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

Spotted Owlet (Athene brama)

Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)

Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala)

Asian Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)

Mudskipper

Fireflies (Photuris lucicrescens)

Windows to paradise ~ the mystical landscapes of Bhitarakanika

Sunrise, mist and the canopy

Pneumatophores on the forest bed

Reflections, a window of nature

Mangroves, Bhitarakanika

Open grassland amidst the thick undergrowth

Dense undergrowth on one of the islands

"Lotus Pond", guess I made it off season.

Tide inundated island