Shades of Grey!

Had some amazing time wandering around part of the southern western ghats in Tamil Nadu. Had prepared a small checklist and expected them to be seen. Usually not a birder but had still included few raptors in the list that i might come across. A fish eagle, esp., this one, a lesser fish eagle was not at all in my mind. This came as a pleasant surprise.
It was in late afternoon drizzling on off, we were sipping some delicious soup under a wooden hut next to a small river. It was great!! From nowhere a huge grey bird flew and perched on a tall tree on the other side of the river and within few seconds it disappeared into the thicket.