
Black Kite perched on a blooming Silver Oak tree
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A Black Kite (Milvus migrans) perched high among the branches of a Silver Oak (Grevillea robusta), also known as the Southern Silky Oak.
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With its G+4 and G+5 multi storeyed construction, Narkanda seems to be a bit of a disaster recipe given the seismic / earthquake susceptibility of the Himalayan region. Narkanda Temple hill swarming with tourists. Some of them stand atop a rocky agglomeration with cliffs on all sides - a perfect recipe for the occasional accident or disaster, as tourists tend to be in switch-off mode, selfie mode and various other modes that are not akin to safe mountain travel. They should not be allowed onto that cliff! The road leading to the temple is choked with tourist taxis. The hills have thick Oak and deodar forest cover. A Mahindra Scorpio has gone off track onto the meadow, and some trekkers seem to be camped in their tents on the grassy meadow. Narkanda is a town and a nagar panchayat in Kumar
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