Gerry’s Photography

21/05/2026

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08/03/2026

Dear Friends,

Photographing nocturnal birds is quite challenging and a lot of care is to be taken since one needs to walk in wooded areas where there is every possibility of getting bitten by snakes.

Inspite of this possibility, I hardly miss a chance of venture into the forest to get pics of Owls which are most fascinating to capture at night.

Bhitarkanika, Odisha is famous for the elusive Fishing Cat & Leopard Cat which can be found in one of India’s largest mangrove ecosystem after the Sunderbans.

We started at 9pm and despite all our best efforts we did not get any response to our Owl calls played via a blue tooth speaker.

Our young & experienced guide encouraged us to widen our search and soon this is what we got.

Enjoy a few photos of the Collared Scops Owl

Bhitarkanika National Park, Odisha, India

DOC: 10-12-25
DOP : 8-3-26

16/02/2026

Dear Friends,

The New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) is a common, energetic Australian bird known for its bold black and white plumage, bright yellow wing patches, and distinctive white eye and facial tufts.

Found across southern and eastern Australia, it feeds on nectar, insects, and honeydew, often seen flitting between flowering plants like Banksias in heaths, woodlands, and gardens.

They are known for being noisy and aggressive, sometimes mobbing predators in groups.

It is primarily black and white, with black streaks on the underparts and bright yellow patches on the wings and tail edges.

It has a black head with a white eyebrow stripe, a small white cheek patch, and distinctive white "whiskers" near the bill.

The eyes are white, which helps distinguish them from the similar White-cheeked Honeyeater (which has dark eyes) and is about 18 cm long.

This bird can be found in Southern and Eastern Australia, from Queensland to South Australia, and in southwest Western Australia in coastal heaths, woodlands, and urban gardens, especially where flowering plants are present.

They are very active and fast-moving, darting between flowers.
Its diet consists of Nectar, insects, and honeydew.

They are quite social & often gather in groups for feeding and "mobbing" predators like birds of prey, using loud alarm calls.

To identify these birds do look for the combination of black and white, yellow wing patches, and the white eye with white facial tufts.
The yellow wing flash is a key identifier, as is the white eye.

Data Source: Google Knowledge Graph

Botanical Gardens, Melbourne

DOC : 14-11-25
DOP : 17-02-26

16/02/2026

Dear Friends ,

Plenty Gorge Park is a 1,350-hectare (3,300-acre) metropolitan regional park in the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Bundoora

The Park offers a wide range of natural and cultural experiences only 20 km from Melbourne, where the spectacular gorge sets a backdrop for stunning landscape views and the abundant native wildlife which are always on show.

It was here that our friend Pauline Thomson, an extraordinarily talented Photographer had graciously agreed to drive us there to explore the Flora & Fauna of this beautiful place.

For any photographer, getting a lifer is always thrilling and getting this family of Tawny Frogmouth’s made our day.

Special thanks to Pauline who took trouble to take us to Plenty Gorge and help us photograph this special bird & many other lifers, which we will share in our Melbourne Diaries.

Enjoy a few photos of this family of four

Plenty Gorge, Melbourne , Vic, Australia

DOC : 20-11-25
DOP : 16-02-26

15/02/2026

Dear Friends,

It is such a delight to see Artists experiment with their work rather than produce the same routine paintings.

This is an acceptable trend, but then a small step away from the usual is always sure to attract more people.

And that is what my super talented friend Karen did.

She very skillfully blended a bird( photographed by me) and a horse and made it appear as if the horse is responding to a sweet call of this bird and is seeming to ask the little bird “ Did you call me my sweet friend “

Please do post your comments keeping in mind the very special Valentine’s Week

15/02/2026

15/02/2026

Wish all my Hindu Friends a
Happy Maha Shiva Rathri

09/02/2026

Dear Friends,

The New Year started off on a positive note and getting the Dusky Eagle Owl- a lifer on 1/1/26 was something special, since it had eluded me from 2018, when I made my foray into Wildlife Photography, thanks to my Guru VV Subrahmanyam, a sports journalist who has an undying love for Tigers.

Having no luck spotting Blackie in 2 Safaris on the 1st day of 2026, I was keen to give it another shot and by 5 am the next day, I was all ready to try my luck for the Black Panther.

Sighting animals in the wild is pure luck and my 3rd Safari went blank and feeling a bit down, I felt that only a good sighting of a Tiger could lift my spirits only if I could make a 260 km drive in 2.5 hrs to reach Tipeshwar Tiger Sanctuary, which is my go-to Tiger Sanctuary.

With a lot of luck, I reached the Entry Gate by 230 pm and was on the Jeep, camera in hand rolling into the Sanctuary in search of Tigers.

It was a clear day and quite hot, unusual for the 2nd of Jan, when the weather is much cooler.

By 430 pm all hopes of sighting a Tiger vanished and as a last ditch effort, I asked the Jeep driver to make a try at some of the known waterholes in the Park.

At 5pm before reaching a popular waterhole, our guide caught sight of this young & muscular male Tiger called Bakkasur, who was sitting quite relaxed a liitle away from the jungle path.

Bakkasur is fearless at just 21/2 years and is tipped to be the most dominant male in this Sanctuary .

So day 2 of the New Year also turned out well and I was more than happy to see this young Prince.

Please enjoy a few photos of the Handsome Bakkasur

Tipeshwar Tiger Sanctuary , Maharashtra, India.

DOC: 2-1-26
DOP: 9-2-26