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  • Jugaad
    Jugaad
    Gir, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6452
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tuk-tuk
    Tuk-tuk
    Gir to Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6456
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Jugaad
    Jugaad
    Gir to Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6459
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Jugaad
    Jugaad
    Very decorated.
    Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6461
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bathroom
    Bathroom
    Blackbuck Lodge #104, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6467
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bathroom
    Bathroom
    Blackbuck Lodge #104, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6468
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Outside Shower
    Outside Shower
    Outside showers are fairly common, along with an indoor tub and shower.
    Blackbuck Lodge #104, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6469
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Main Room
    Main Room
    More like a small house, and very nice.
    Blackbuck Lodge #104, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6471
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blackbuck Lodge #104
    Blackbuck Lodge #104
    This place was so nice, comfortable and well staffed that staying longer would have been easy.
    Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6474
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White-eared Bulbul
    White-eared Bulbul
    Pycnonotus leucotis
    Blackbuck Lodge, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#2218
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rose-ringed Parakeet
    Rose-ringed Parakeet
    Psittaculla krameri, female.
    Blackbuck Lodge, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#2230
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Little Grebe
    Little Grebe
    Tachybaptus ruficollis
    Blackbuck Lodge, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#2238
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Green Bea-eater
    Green Bea-eater
    Merops orientalis
    Blackbuck Lodge, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#2248
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Laughing Dove
    Laughing Dove
    Stigmatopelia senegalensis - possibly an older bird with more bill development.
    Blackbuck Lodge, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#2251
    Larry L. Jackson
  • House Sparrow
    House Sparrow
    Passer domesticus, male.
    Blackbuck Lodge, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#2257
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Indian Robin
    Indian Robin
    Saxicoloides fulicatus, female.
    Blackbuck Lodge, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#2272
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Drongo
    Black Drongo
    Dicrurus macrocercus - one of the more commonly seen birds.
    Blackbuck Lodge, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#2278
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Orange Blister Beetle
    Orange Blister Beetle
    Mylabris pustulata
    Blackbuck Lodge, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#2289
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pond Lounge
    Pond Lounge
    Blackbuck Lodge, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6479
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Little Egret
    Little Egret
    Egretta garzetta - some breeding plumage.
    Blackbuck Lodge, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#2302
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Road
    Road
    Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#6487
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Northwestern Blackbucks
    Northwestern Blackbucks
    Antelope cervicapra rajputanae
    Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#6491
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Northwestern Blackbucks
    Northwestern Blackbucks
    Antelope cervicapra rajputanae
    Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#6496
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rufous-tailed Lark
    Rufous-tailed Lark
    Ammomanes phoenicura
    Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2510
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Panorama
    Panorama
    Large, well-maintained grassland for a large population of Blackbucks.
    Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2257
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Desert Wheatear
    Desert Wheatear
    Oenanthe deserti
    Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2560
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Hoopoe
    Common Hoopoe
    Upupa epops
    Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2608
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Carrying Wood
    Carrying Wood
    Harvesting wood inside some parks is a problem.
    Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#6505
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Indian Silverbill
    Indian Silverbill
    Euodice malabarica
    Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2620
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Plain Prinia
    Plain Prinia
    Prinia inornata - fast moving, busy, small bird.
    Blackbuck Lodge, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2632
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Purple Sunbird
    Purple Sunbird
    Cinnyris asiaticus, female.
    Blackbuck Lodge, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2629
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pond
    Pond
    Blackbuck Lodge, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#6507
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Kingfisher
    Common Kingfisher
    Alcedo atthis
    Blackbuck Lodge, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2649
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White Wagtail
    White Wagtail
    Motacilla alba personata
    Blackbuck Lodge, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2665
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Three-striped Palm Squirrel
    Three-striped Palm Squirrel
    Funambulus palmarum
    Blackbuck Lodge, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2682
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Baya Weaver
    Baya Weaver
    Ploceus philippinus, male - developing breeding color.
    Blackbuck Lodge, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2686
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Moorhens
    Common Moorhens
    Gallinula chloropus, juveniles.
    Blackbuck Lodge, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2696
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White-breasted Waterhen
    White-breasted Waterhen
    Amaurornis phoenicurus
    Blackbuck Lodge, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2704
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Nilgai
    Nilgai
    Boselaphus tragocamelus, male.
    Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2714
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Greater Short-toed Lark
    Greater Short-toed Lark
    Calandrella brachydactyla
    Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2721
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Schoolgirls
    Schoolgirls
    After attending a nature class.
    Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#6511
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Northwestern Blackbucks
    Northwestern Blackbucks
    Antelope cervicapra rajputanae
    Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#6513
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Crane
    Common Crane
    Grus grus
    Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2760
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Cranes
    Common Cranes
    Grus grus - parents and juvenile.
    Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2774
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Indian Spot-billed Ducks
    Indian Spot-billed Ducks
    Anas poecilorhyncha
    Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2779
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Long-legged Buzzard
    Long-legged Buzzard
    Buteo rufinus, juvenile.
    Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2794
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Cranes
    Common Cranes
    Grus grus
    Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2798
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Jungle Cat
    Jungle Cat
    Felis chaus prateri - seen right after it passed a Cobra.
    Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2823
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Crane
    Common Crane
    Grus grus
    Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2843
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pallid Harrier
    Pallid Harrier
    Circus macrourus, female.
    Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 9, 2016
    2016-12-09#2865
    Larry L. Jackson