About six month ago, my friends and I were birdwatching at Perumbakkam lake, one of the popular locations in Chennai. During our visit, we noticed this intriguing event - an uncanny encounter between Catfishes and a Spot-billed Pelican. It was a nice winter morning, an unexpected shower helped cope the weather. We drove down to the Perumbakkam lake, enroute T-Nagar and Old Mahabalipuram Road. The road looks quite occupied, from the cyclists pedaling their way along the corner to the bikers carefully maneuvering their way in between buses and cars. It wasn’t busy. It wasn’t calm as well. Peaceful Perumbakkam lake flourishes amidst urban encroachment We reached the spot at around 7 am. A mustering of Painted Stork busily foraging the waterfront, immediately caught our eyes. It’s heavy yellow beak with down-turned tip, the dark orange head and light pink elongated slender legs are nowhere to miss. Meanwhile, there were a flock of Northern Pintails with its head dipped inside the water.
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