Blue throated Barbet -I ('Basanta Bauri' in Bengali)

Blue throated Barbet - locally, we call this colourful bird as  'Basanta Bauri'. This bird loves to eat fruits and insects. It was sucking delicious juice coming out of the date tree through the tube fitted on this on which it is sitting. 
(Earlier entry of this bird here was more colourful. This was taken in the late afternoon in low light.)


Photo: Abhijit Kar Gupta, Kolkata
Location: Ruppur (a village around 70 km from Kolkata)

Woodpecker -I

Woodpecker ('Kaththokra' in Bengali). Is that a black rumped flame back woodpecker? This woodpecker is almost camouflaged with the date tree. It came here to suck the delicious juice ('khejurer ros') coming out of the tree. The date trees are specially cut in order to extract juice in winter. The juice is then boiled to make tasty molasses. I think all the birds I found over there liked this juice so much!

Photo: Abhijit Kar Gupta, Kolkata

Location: Ruppur (a village around 70 km from Kolkata)