Headed out across country on more rough roads and tracks and through some villages where the local children waved without expecting anything. Married women cover their faces. Mostly Hindu in this area.
Major local income is from buffalo milk, oil seed rape, millet, wheat, potatoes and these products are exported all over the country.
It is strange to see the buffalo tied up outside the houses along the village roadside. Each stands in a patch of churned up mud and the farmers chop millet and rape stalks, hay and grass and feed this to the cattle.
Everything happens in the open air.
Chambal river boat trip was beautiful and gret for birding. Long tailed shrike, spotted owlet, brahminy starling, asian lied starling, great coucal, Indian Robin, common babbler, grey hair bill, black redstart, blue rock thrush, Indian roller, peacock, baya weaver, red wattled lapwing, white breasted moorhen, purple sunbird, jungle prinia, Egyptian vulture, large grey mongoose, river lapwing, greenshank, little stint, white wagtail, white browed wagtail, river tern, painted stork, dusky eagle owl, red naped ibis, bar headed goose, Indian shag, great thick knee, kestrel, gang ethic dolphin, garibaldi, Indian mugger, teminck's stint, pied kingfisher, white bellied fish eagle, black shouldered kite, Kentish and ringed plover, black winged stilt, yellow footed pigeon, Indian skimmers x 25 of only 1200 remaining birds.
Fire pit at chambal safari lodge.
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