PALLAS'S GULL ... BHIGWAN ... VIDYA CHITRAO PHOTOGRAPHY

PALLAS 'S GULL IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE GREAT BLACK HEADED GULL. IT IS A MIGRATORY BIRD AND SOME OF THEM WINTERING IN INDIA. IT IS A LARGE POWERFULL GULL OF SALINE , BRACKISH AND FRESH WATER BODIES.
BHIGWAN IS A SMALL TOWN ON SOLAPUR ROAD OF MAHARASHTRA , INDIA. IT A HEVAN OF MIGRATORY BIRDS BECAUSE OF THE BACK WATER OF UJANI DAM.
ON A QUIET DECEMBER AFTERNOON IN 2016, THERE WERE ONLY THREE OF US ON THE VAST WATER BODY, WITH ONLY THE SOUND OF THE OARS, AND THESE BEAUTIES WERE SITTING ON A NEWLY FORMED MUD ISLAND. IT WAS A MAGICAL MOMENT ENGRAVED IN MY MEMORY.