Birds-animals have fundamental right to live freely

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In recent order Gujarat High Court has observed that :

* Article 51-A(g) of the Constitution of India, casts a fundamental duty on every citizen to have compassion for living creature. Article 51-A(g) not only imposes a duty on every citizen to protect all animals on which unnecessary pain is being inflicted.

* Infliction of unnecessary pain, or suffering on animals is anti-thesis to compassion, the duty as imposed by Article 51-A(g) of the Constitution of India. Nobody has a right to inflict pain or suffering to others inclusive of the animals and birds.

* Even birds can not be kept in cages by which they suffer a pain. To keep birds in cages would tantamount to illegal confinement of the birds which is in violation of right of the birds to live in free air / sky.

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Great White Pelicans

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The White Pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus also known as the Eastern White Pelican or Great White Pelican is a bird in the pelican family. It breeds from southeastern Europe through Asia and in Africa in swamps and shallow lakes.

This is a large pelican, at a mass of 10 kg (22 lbs), 160 cm (63 in) long and with a 280 cm (110 inch) wingspan. It differs from the Dalmatian Pelican, the only larger species of pelican, by its pure white, rather than greyish-white, plumage, a bare pink facial patch around the eye and pinkish legs. Males are larger than females, and have a long beak that grows in a downwards arc, as opposed to the shorter, straighter beak of the female. Immature birds are grey and have dark flight feathers.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Pelican)

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Little Cormorant

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Little Cormorant

Shot taken at Shinai Lake, Dist. Kachchh, Gujarat.

Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger) is a widespread resident in India. Size: 51 cm.

In the breeding season, Little Cormorants are glossy black with a few white head plumes. Non-breeding adults and juveniles are browner with a white throat patch. Sexes similar. Little Cormorant can dive to considerable depths to catch fish. After feeding it perches atop a rock or low branch to dry its feathers with the wings outstretched. Little Cormorants breed in freshwater wetlands and on coasts. Clutch size: 3-5 eggs.(Source www.birding.in/birds/Pelecaniformes/Phalacrocoracidae/lit…

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Hovering

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Unexpected guest : (PhotoPost)

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This shot is taken using maximum tele-zoom capacity of Fujifilm Finepix S8000fd. The exif data shows focal length of 84.2mm (35mm equivalent: 510.2mm). The shot is taken with 2,304 × 1,728 resolution (4 mega pixel).

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Now, with such tele lens capacity I am able to spot and shoot subject which I was unable previously. I was pleasantly surprised to find this Kingfisher in the backyard, as there is no pond/water source nearby.

Update : After going through The Book of Indian Birds by Salim Ali, I could confirm the guest as Whitebreasted Kingfisher. The more technical details from the book, are as follow :

WHITEBREASTED KINGFISHER Halcyon smyrensis R Myna+: 28 cm. A conspicuous white shirt front and white wing patch in flight diagnostic. Canals, streams, reservoirs, cultivation, gardens and edges of forest often away from water. Subcontinent, Andamans , Nicobars; Sri Lanka.

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