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\"Push<\/a>As part of the 2nd<\/sup> annual Bird Watcher\u2019s Conference in Gujurat, India, we had the opportunity to shoot many bird species on Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary. Of course, I\u2019m referring to shooting pictures<\/em> of the birds.<\/p>\n

We arrived early in the morning and were shuttled to the boat launching area by auto-rickshaw. Getting there is always half the adventure. Arriving at the launch, a quick perusal of the skiffs we would be riding showed that more than half were leaking anywhere from a little to a lot. That didn\u2019t seem to bother anyone, so 50 journalists piled into a half-dozen boats.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Our pushers, who would pole us about on this 4-foot deep lake all spoke no English; but hey, pointing works. We all piled in and we were off.\u00a0 Our previous\u00a0advisers\u00a0had been correct, and if you go, you\u2019ll definitely want to get there at sunrise when the birds are feeding and most active.<\/p>\n

Whole flocks of birds circled around as we pushed off. The sun rose in time to for us to catch a couple early morning shots of them circling above. But then activity dropped off, precipitously.<\/p>\n

As we were pushed around for four hours on the lake, it became obvious that these were \u201csight-seeing\u201d pushers, not bird hounds. We spent hours away from shore, in the middle of the lake with not a bird in sight. We tried to point to shore, but our pusher kept heading for open water???<\/p>\n

\"White<\/a>That did however, give us time to bail out the water that kept leaking in the bottom of the boat. (There\u2019s always a bright side.)<\/p>\n

As we returned, we discovered that there were more than 210 known species of birds frequenting this 123 square kilometer lake during the winter months. Interpreted into language I understand, that means we missed more than 201 of them. \u00a0No Rosy Pelicans, no White Storks, no Brahminy Ducks.<\/p>\n

What we did see were plenty of herons, ducks, seagulls and an occasional sandpiper.\u00a0 Hmmm, same birds I see at home.<\/p>\n[Caution, your mileage may vary. We talked with other photogs later that saw five times as many species as we did. C\u2019est la vie.]\n

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As part of the 2nd annual Bird Watcher\u2019s Conference in Gujurat, India, we had the opportunity to shoot many bird species on Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary. Of course, I\u2019m referring to shooting pictures of the birds. We arrived early in the morning and were shuttled to the boat launching area by auto-rickshaw. 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