Anuradha Sarup
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Anuradha Sarup
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Birds Birds Birds.
Keen traveler (ahem ...for birds)
Reader (non-fiction)
Some painting and poetry

Website: https://www.anuradhasarup.com/
Come see :)

Posting my work or credited repost.
A pair of Brown-cheeked Hornbills.

Are they not beautiful? I keep comparing them with ancient Egyptian murals of the Pharaohs 😊

This was the only time across our entire trip that we saw them.

Conservation status: Vulnerable

#hornbill #birds #ghana #WillTravel4Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025
February 17, 2026 at 1:37 PM
A pretty picture, New Zealand's Tui for #BirdoftheDay theme #Portrait. The yellow on top of it's beak is pollen. All other colours its own.
Scientific Name: Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
Conservation Status: Least Concern

#Tui #NewZealand #birds #WillTravel4Birds
February 14, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Two disturbing reads.

Book 6 & 7 of 30 for 2026

#ReadingChallenge2026 #nonfiction
February 14, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Thinking of a morning at Reynisfjara, Black Sand Beach. Now that it's been eroded away

#reynisfjara #blacksandbeach #Iceland #landscapes #ChangingPlanet
February 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
A different mood from the Eagles and frenzied Cormorants, a sweet pair of Collared Doves for the #BirdOfTheDay alternate theme #Pigeons&Doves

#birds #nature #Italy #gentle #calm #Doves #WillTravel4Birds
February 13, 2026 at 6:19 PM
And then they fought!
Fought on land and in the air.
Fought over the smallest pieces of fish.

Scientific Name: Haliaeetus albicilla
Conservation status: Least Concern

#WhiteTailedEagle #Hungary #Raptors #birdphotography #WillTravel4Birds #Eagles #Friday #Fighting
February 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Please see the first photograph large. It's a particular favourite I've wanted to share for long. A few moments later came the other 2 images.
For #BirdOfTheDay theme #DivingForFood.

#Cormorants #Austria #WillTravel4Birds #RiverLanding #Birds #Nature #Friday is for #Fishing
February 13, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Full frontal and mighty.
This one is ringed. The cool bracelet it wears on it's right leg says it is from Budapest.

#WhiteTailedEagle #Hungary #Eagle #Raptors #birds #WillTravel4Birds #BirdsSeenin2026
February 12, 2026 at 1:28 PM
For #BirdOfTheDay theme #WaterBirds, a Pied Cormorant making quite a splash!
Also quite a #Blue 'eyed boy it is too 🙂

#NewZealand #Cormorant #Zealandia
February 11, 2026 at 9:17 PM
We'd gotten to the hide in dark. The mighty White-tailed Eagle landed at first light, focused on the fish, laid out for it.

Talk of on-time guests!! Though actually we were the visitors and they, the locals!

#Hungary #Eagle #birds #WillTravel4Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Till the camera photos get downloaded, some quick snapshots of the Hungarian Puszta, the Great Alföld.

#hungary #photography #moodylandscape #winter #landscapephotography
February 9, 2026 at 10:09 AM
5.30am. in position.
Good morning people & birds!

#willtravel4birds #hidephotography
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 AM
In Hungary hoping to photograph raptors. Please wish us luck!

#birdphotography #birdingweekend #willtravel4birds
February 5, 2026 at 7:51 PM
The Transfer.

Was it a parent or was it a loving partner? I can't tell but it was a sweet moment to see and now to share with you.

#WhiteThroatedBeeEater

#Ghana #AnkasaForestReserve #beeEater #birdphotography #WillTravel4Birds #sharing #GiveAndTake #ebird #birdlife #BirdsSeenIn2026
February 5, 2026 at 8:58 AM
The little Eurasian Chaffinch.
#Austria #BirdOfTheDay #BackyardBirds #Birds
February 4, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Orange for today with these Black-headed Paradise-Flycatchers.

While seen numerous times this was the only time I got some photographs.

Could these might be hybrids with African paradise flycatchers because of no white bars on their wings?

#Birds #WillTravel4Birds #Ghana #BirdsSeenIn2026
February 4, 2026 at 11:39 AM
'What's this theme of #LongNecks I hear?' Asked this Common Ostrich, as it proceeded to put the very same to good use.

From a very rainy weekend in #SouthAfrica some years ago.

#BirdOfTheDay #Birds #WillTravel4Birds #Wildlifephotography
February 4, 2026 at 10:42 AM
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #Reflections
A Common Kingfisher deep in thought on the larger scheme of things.

#birdphotography #Kingfisher #Austria
February 3, 2026 at 6:18 PM
In Ankasa Forest Reserve, Ghana we found ourselves all alone in the protected forest. No other vehicles. No sounds of conversation.
We sat in silence by a small pond, enjoying the presence of some busy Shining-blue Kingfishers.

#Bird #Kingfisher #Ghana #BirdsSeenIn2026
February 3, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Reposted by Anuradha Sarup
Still life in oil sold at a Cambridge Drawing Society exhibition in 2020. This one shows quite a bit of impasto built up during the process of composition.
#stilllife #roses #studio
February 2, 2026 at 7:01 AM
It's been a good month on the reading front!
The Bird Way ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Work like a Woman ⭐️⭐️⭐️
When we were Orphans ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Return ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Raising Hare ⭐️⭐️
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Why do I not 'get' award winning books, rather how do critics judge and award books?
It's a mystery!
#ReadingChallenge2026
January 30, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Exhibition exploring in Vienna
#Albertina #Vienna #paper #ShortTripAway
January 16, 2026 at 11:54 AM
A cold day in Vienna

#winter #vienna #austria
January 15, 2026 at 7:44 PM
The sleekly elegant Anhinga, adding a slender neck and face to it's long beak.
For #BirdOfTheDay theme #LongBeaks

#bird #Brazil #WillTravel4Birds #photography
January 14, 2026 at 7:32 PM
A Sword-billed Hummingbird showing it's got what it takes to participate in todays #BirdOfTheDay theme #LongBeaks

#Colombia #Hummingbirds #birds #WillTravel4Birds
January 14, 2026 at 7:26 AM