LIFE-SAVER: A snake-keeper milks venom from a cobra, to make antivenin. Photo: R. Vetri
FAMILY PICTURE: An egret feeds its chicks in a bough. Photo: R. Vetri
WALKS-ON-WATER: A Pintail duck makes a landing on the lake in Kovalam. Photo: R. Vetri
STALKER: A Long-tail duck surveys his territory near the madavakam toll gate. Photo: R. Vetri
TAKING OFFENCE: A young bird makes a ruckus over a net. Photo: R. Vetri
GETTING ALONG: A Pintail duck basks in the late morning sun as egrets walk away. Photo: R. Vetri
POETIC: A fiisherman plies his raft along the ECR in Kovalam. Photo: R. Vetri