Taken at Tanguar Haor, Sunamganj, a unique wetland ecosystem of Bangladesh, these are cattle egrets, a cosmopolitan species of heron found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. They nest in colonies, usually near bodies of water and often with other wading birds. Their feeding habitats include seasonally inundated grasslands, pastures, farmlands, wetlands and rice paddies. They often accompany cattle or other large mammals, catching insect and small vertebrate prey disturbed by these animals.

Canon EOS 350D | Exposure 1/400sec @ f/7.1 | ISO 200 | Focal Length 400mm
The Tufted Duck, by Saniar Rahman Rahul

Award Winner: Photo of the Day | January 17
Award Score: 65 (Value 11.5, Clarity 12, Composition 18, Style 11.5, Skill 12)
Photo of the Day Award Category: Wildlife Photography
Photograph Location: Tanguar Haor, Sunamganj, Sylhet, Bangladesh

Photographer: Saniar Rahman Rahul (Dhaka, Bangladesh) Registered
Saniar Rahman Rahul was the first winner for ‘Photo of the Month Award’ in June 2010. He was fascinated by seeing his father taking pictures with a camera while his family was in Iraq during his childhood. Later in life, in 1997, while he became very much attached with his profession of ‘graphic design’, Rahul rediscovered the creative side of photography. He started his career as a professional graphic designer in October of 1995, in a pre-press house called Color Scan, which is one of the pioneers in the pre-process printing media in Bangladesh. Afterwards, he moved to Power Point, another pre-press house. Before he finally settled into advertising, he also worked in an IT company called Abtab IT. Moving to advertising from printing media was a big step for him. In 2005, he joined G3, a special wing of Gray Worldwide. Two years later, he moved to Paper Rhyme. Now he is working as the Art Director of Grey World Wide, one of the ten largest advertising agencies in the world.

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