The Basai Wetland, right on the edge of Gurgaon on the Basai-Jajjar road is easily missed. Once you get down the flyover and land bang close to the main entrance to the waterworks, you need to travel a few fifty metres down the road till you see a cut in the road leading to a nondescript lane on the right leading to nowhere. Those of you who are lucky, that is if you reach by seven in the morning, you might be able to catch some action. At this time of the year, (end of February and the beginning of March) you might be able to see storks both woolly and painted, and cormorants catching fish. The Ducks will have left by now and the Sarus cranes too. Of particular interest are the Purple Herons in flight. Being larger birds, they are fun to capture!
The black-winged stilt such as the one pictured above can be interesting too, especially for the kind of refection they cast on the water that they wade in. Sandpipers too can be a joy to photograph in flight especially as they might be seen flying close to the water with their reflections making for an interesting pattern in the water.
Cormorants, though not so colourful as the painted storks and the flashy Kingfishers, have a most interesting flight pattern. They fly close to the surface of the water with their webbed feet hanging out rather like the landing gear of airliners coming to land.
Incidentally, it is the flying birds that make for the most compelling shots. Such shots contain drama and they have a story of sorts to tell. The snap posted below is that of a woolly necked stork taking to the air.
One of my favourite snaps taken that day though is that of a Purple Heron taking off into the air with the rays of the rising sun lending drama to the whole scene.
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