In these pages, I've displayed the bird photographs I made mostly from India, and some images from North America while I was there for work.

The world and life of birds fascinate me endless, and I derive great pleasure in carrying my camera and scouting around in search of better pictures of birds in their natural environment. The way of the eagles, the mystery and private world of the night owls, the shorebirds and ducks that migrate up and down great oceans and mighty mountains, the tiny birds that eke out a living amidst teeming humans in our cities, the powerful Peregrine Falcon hunting at speeds exceeding 300 kilometers per hour, and the high flying vultures that scout our deserts, mountains and forests for the dead and rotting - each bird has its own niche in the environment, and each its own way and lifestyle - one life time is not enough to know them all.

Nothing excites me more than a nice bird in first light in a great perch., or working my way through mud and muck to approach a wading bird for a portrait., or the sudden shrieking call of an owl out of the sacred night - the ageless, mystical call of the wild. You gotta love it!

My Oriental Bird Images contribution page is HERE.

Contact me: verditer (at) gmail.com.

A lot of my inspiration and thinking are shaped by writings of few men like Jim Corbett, Billy Arjan Singh and George Adamson -