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\A truly mystery bird... Really worth taking the effort. But could also be easy. Pune wetland. October 2009.

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May not be as tough as it looks. Try out the id... Pune wetland, October 2009.

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Again, an easy id. I did not choose this hyacinth patch for birdwatching... The bird out there chose it for 'peoplewatching'... look at its very wary posture. Pune wetland, October 2009

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Extremely easy to identify. From a wetland at Pune. October 2009.

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Quite easy, again. From a wetland in Pune. October 2009.

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This loner was hiding just below the bank, and raising the head from time to time to check us out. Probably its day out for 'peoplewatching'... It may have its own blog and may be putting us up for birds to view...

From a wetland in Pune, October 2009. Very easy to id...

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Very easy id. From a wetland in Pune. October 2009. Try...

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From a waterlogged quarry, in Pune. October 2009. Must be an easy id... Take your pick.

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From a small village between Karnaprayag and Adi Badri, September 2009

Not a mystery at all - from Mumbai

No mystery at all. But felt it should be added to the blog, for flavour of Mumbai on a rainy day.

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At the small fort-like temple at Ratnagiri town, Konkan, Maharashtra (June 2009) on the coast. Quite easy to identify, actually.

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At Lonavala. Splendid at avoiding me from taking its photograph. Knew if I was watching it and pretended to be going about doing something else, except going to its nest, that was made in a beautiful madhumalati creeper above the entrance gate to my house.

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I have zoomed in on this photograph. Must be easy for most birders. From Khan Market area, New Delhi on a hot summer evening. Must be about 38 deg C.

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At the Delhi IIT campus. On a hot summer afternoon (42.2 deg C). At the football playing grounds.