Sadly my relationship with the Black Francolin is an previous one. I say sadly that as a result of I repent looking it, it was a typical recreation fowl and a intelligent adversary at that, sensible – it may hoodwink you even after it was shot and it was a kind of hunts that made me a birdwatcher. This can be a story from lengthy way back. I shot a Black Francolin and I noticed as the gorgeous fowl fell to the bottom. That was just a few yards from the place I stood. I spent subsequent about half an hour looking for the fowl because it was a rule that you don’t depart an injured quarry behind. Sadly, I couldn’t discover the fowl. Subsequent day once I was on the similar very spot I noticed a Shikra feeding upon the stays of the identical fowl. That was maybe the final fowl or animal I hunted.
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| Black Francolin: you’ll be able to run however you can not cover… |
This fowl was considerable, you not often needed to go to the suburbs of town or to any village round to seek out it. The decision of the fowl was what we grew up listening even within the cities in Punjab and Haryana. The fowl can be the state fowl of Haryana. So there was no mistaking the fowl or the fowl name, even to the extent that I may usually select the sub-species, two which might be present in India.
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| Typical behaviour of the fowl – sitting on a fence to name throughout mating season… Black Francolin |
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| At instances when there is no such thing as a fence/tree stump to sit down upon within the birds’ territory then mounds can even serve the aim… |
That being the sort of relationship I had with the fowl, and once I received posted to Nashik in mid-2000, I used to be out for a stroll and heard the distinct name of this francolin. The issue was – Nashik was too far south for this fowl to be current. The stroll turned out to be a seek for the fowl making this sound and it was the wet season (breeding season for these birds in India) and a downpour quickly shuttled my plans to seek for the fowl. I used to be there the following day, and the following till I received a glimpse of the fowl. Lo-behold – the fowl that was singing was the Painted Francolin. The tune had an uncanny resemblance to Black Francolin. my subsequent part was to {photograph} the fowl and it took me days to get a document shot of the fowl.
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| The one and the primary image of Painted Francolin that I hugged and carried alongside for greater than a decade |
It was that day that I wished to get an excellent image of the fowl. Inbetween a dozen years handed and I modified three cameras – nonetheless no image of the fowl that I may very well be happy with. This fowl, like Black Francolin, likes to sit down on fence, a tree or excessive floor when it calls throughout the breeding season. Sadly, in contrast to the Black Francolin, was extraordinarily shy. So a lot of the pictures of the birds are from far far-off or because it jumps off the put up and runs for canopy.
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| Painted Francolin: Completely similar behaviour as Black Francolin |
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| The fowl was very very differ of our presence… |
Coming to the distribution charts of each the birds…
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| Distribution Map: Black Francolin |
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| Distribution map: Painted Francolin |
DO LISTEN TO THE CALLS BELOW TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT
