We saw a lot of paintings of fascinating birds in India…

The Peacock Room in the Jaipur Palace featured these exotic birds.
In Agra there was a series of painted murals to help identify the birds of the north.
India apparently has a lot of interesting birds, and we actually did see this electric blue ‘White-Breasted Kingfisher’ swallowing a fish (or small lizard) in Bundi.
…along with rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) (aka the Indian Parrot) on the stone lattice railing of the mosque at the Taj Mahal in Agra. There were a lot of these noisy creatures in Agra, and a matching bright green bomb splatted on my head while I was touring the Baby Taj.
But mostly what we saw were pigeons…
Masses of pigeons…
A pigeon (one of many) heading to a perch at the Jaipur Astronomical Garden.
A pigeon perched on the carved marble wall of the Mausoleum in Jaipur.
A pigeon nesting in a hopefully unused cannon in Amber Fort.
A different sort of ‘bird house’ in Udaipur with a painted stork (Mycteria leucocephal), some cormorants, and yes, more pigeons…
More of Nancy Merrill’s Photo a Week Challenge: Bird.