tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36074339313404531032024-03-19T12:02:38.024+01:00Pakshi Loka<i><b>Pakshi Loka </b></i>
- The Colorful World of Birds Around us...Sumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11516678367083112428noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-30139752011162131442014-03-20T14:17:00.000+01:002014-03-20T17:34:18.164+01:00Trandansen @ Hornborgasjön (Courting Cranes at Lake Hornborga)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Spring can be appreciated only if one is in a cold place. And if someone from a tropical country is in a Scandinavian country, spring does mean a lot! After months of chilling cold, darkness, plain black-and-white everywhere around, spring brings with it a lot of hope... of light, of warmth, of colors. It also marks the season when life returns back in nature. </div>
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This is when the birds that migrated down south, half a year ago return to their breeding land. In central Sweden, the onset of spring is marked by the return of cranes in thousands, which stop by at a lake named Hornborga. Swedish believe that it is these cranes that bring spring and have high regard for these birds. Often the first batch of cranes is eagerly awaited.</div>
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Year after year they return to the same place, breed their offsprings and fly up north. Of course while returning back they make a stopover at the same place but they don't breed then. Spring season as such makes this place lovely and vibrant. Usually the cranes are in thousands there during the spring. The exact date they come here, is not really predictable, but when they do come it is a spectacular sight to watch. On a good spring day, the numbers can go up to 15000 along with other birds. </div>
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Dancing is the typical courtship behaviour of cranes where male tries to impress the female by jumping around, circling around and doing all sorts of acrobatics. Normally, all cranes don't dance during the same time but when they do I guess it is quite magnificent to watch. The cranes usually camp around for a few days here, lucky ones choose their partner, a few breed in the lake but a majority fly up north for breeding.</div>
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Hornborgasjön is one of the most important bird lakes in Europe which attracts large number of birds especially Eurasian Cranes during their yearly migration from north to south and back. Lake Hornborga is known for large congregations of Eurasian Cranes during spring and especially known for their courtship dance (Trandansen)</div>
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The local administration has set up the nature centre (naturum) and bird watching towers/places for nature lovers. Hides are also available on request. The administration also feeds the birds, the feed is typically put during the evening when the birds fly out of the lake to the fields and return back. The administration also keeps a count of birds and publish. The cranes are counted at dusk when they fly into the lake to sleep. Counting is done manually using binoculars. Albeit the counting is done manually, the efforts are made to keep it as accurate as possible.</div>
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More details on this website in Swedish</div>
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Sumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11516678367083112428noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-47469150143546418222013-02-08T08:42:00.002+01:002013-06-26T12:40:59.703+02:00Common Birds of Sweden- Eurasian Magpie<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Gothenburg is a city on the west coast of Sweden, with a an oceanic climate. During the summer, daylight extends 17 hours, but lasts only around 7 hours in late December. </div>
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It is rather a green city, with many parks and nature reserves ranging in size from tens of metres to hundreds of hectares. Apart from these, the entire city has a decent green cover, with various trees and plants everywhere. One can find patches of thick woods right outside apartment buildings; roads are almost always lined with trees, good sized lawns in front of all apartments/villas. And most of these trees are fruiting trees. In short i can say there might not be a house which does not have a view of some trees and some green patch. </div>
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Also people here are bird-friendly. They do make it a point to have some nests, bird feeders and so on in their little gardens or even in their balconies. </div>
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Owing to these, bird life is quite good here, with many species living in the urban gardens. One can always do some bird watching right from their windows or balconies, irrespective of the weather! In fact it is easier this way and more fruitful! It is amazing to see many birds that winter here in spite of the cold climate. </div>
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Coming up here is a new series with posts about the common birds found here. Here's the first one.</div>
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One of the most common birds one sees in the city are Eurasian Magpies [<i>Pica Pica</i>]. I can say they are common mynas of Europe! They are seen everywhere - in balconies of houses, on lawns, in urban gardens, beside busy roads, in thick woods, and so on. They are highly adaptable and social. They feed on insects, other small birds, eggs, scraps, etc. They are also fond of processed food fed by humans, especially bread! </div>
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It is a beautiful bird with with pure white and black colors with a metallic green and violet sheen on the wing feathers. The wings have white inner webs, conspicuous when the wing is open. The graduated tail is black, shot with bronze-green and other iridescent colors. </div>
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The Magpies are supposedly the most intelligent of birds. They have apparently the only bird to demonstrate <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_test">mirror self recognition</a>, hide food and remember food location, divide food equally among its chicks and so on. From my personal observation of these, I have seen that they visit places where they can possibly find food at the same time everyday. My neighbor here feeds them with scraps of bread occasionally and they wait outside the balcony everyday at around the same time!</div>
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They do not avoid humans unless they are threatened. Magpies are monogamous and stick with their partners throughout the year - even while foraging. Nests are rather huge and built on tall trees. They breed in the spring and saw that they reuse nests, by redoing the inner lining. Both male and female participate in redoing the nest. </div>
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It is amazing the way these birds are adapted to the cold and snowy winters here. While many bird species migrate south during winter, these are a pretty common sight even in winters.</div>
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Visiting bird migration sites has always been a fascination for us, a single place with tens of thousands of birds at a time! These are places where flocks after flocks of birds of different species arrive and/or depart, most of them migrating from quite far off places.</div>
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When this trip to Point Calimere was planned by BNHS for a group of us, [Ohh.. this was over a year ago, and we're posting it now...] we were more than delighted! Especially because it was that time of the year where migrants from as far off as the North Pole flew down here to spend the winter. Albeit we were a tad too late – by a couple of weeks to be precise, as the North east monsoon had fairly set in, our spirits were high enough to enjoy the rain as equally as the birds.<br />
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<b>About Pt Calimere</b><br />
Located in a place where the Palk Strait meets the Bay of Bengal, in the Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, Point Calimere is a place for a large variety of migratory birds. In October these water birds arrive from Rann of Kutch, Eastern Siberia, Northern Russia, Central Asia and parts of Europe for their feeding season and start returning to those breeding places in January. This site has recorded the second largest congregation of migratory water birds in India, with a peak population in excess of 100,000, representing over a hundred species.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Kingfisher - Commonly found here</td></tr>
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The bird sanctuary, the salt pans, mud flats, grasslands and the roads within the village itself provide ample opportunity for birding.<br />
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This being a quiet, small village has limited options for stay, commutation and food. There is the office of BNHS station director and BHNS dormitories along with TN state government guest houses.<br />
Since we drove down to the place, it was easier for us to get around the places for birding, apart from the group birding sessions we had.<br />
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This is a very important lace for the wintering waders with so many species and such large numbers that id'ing them was a big challenge - especially because of their dull winter plumage... These are some of them...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wood Sandpiper</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long Billed Plover (Left) - Broad billed Sandpiper (Right)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lesser Sand Plover</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kentish Plover</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black winged Stilts</td></tr>
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With the rains on and off, the places around were magically transformed within hours. So was the bird congregation, with flocks of different species seen at the same place at different times. During the 5 day stay we had there, and almost 2 or 3 sessions a day, it was fascinating to see different views of the landscapes and different numbers and species of birds at a given place each time!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painted Stork</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flock of Egrets</td></tr>
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One of the mornings, the sanctuary was flooded with water, with the roads covered by more than a foot of water. It was also flooded by flocks and flocks of birds – hundreds of egrets, thousands of waders, tens of painted storks and many more, making it a treat to the eyes and ears. However by late afternoon, the same place was almost dry and the birds had also drastically reduced.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gull Billed Tern</td></tr>
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So was the case with the mud flats where we saw huge numbers of gulls, terns and flamingos one evening and a couple of days later, there was almost none!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greater Flamingos</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black Tailed Godwits</td></tr>
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These Black-tailed Godwits which were in huge numbers once were almost not seen at all later…<br />
Among the various waders, this Little Stint was the most fascinating! With a size smaller than a House Sparrow, it undertakes great migration breeding in the Arctic and wintering in South Asia and Africa!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Stint</td></tr>
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Along with the water birds, there was a lot of scope with land birds as well, in the woods nearby. The limelight however was this rare, alluring land bird which was playing hide and seek with us most of the time, showing off its chestnut colors for a brief moment and disappearing the next. Finally it decided to pose for us for long enough for us to appreciate its beauty – The Chestnut Winged Cuckoo!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chestnut Winged Cuckoo</td></tr>
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The other cuckoos seen were Indian Plaintive cuckoo, Lesser cuckoo and Common Hawk Cuckoo.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Indian Plaintive Cuckoo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black headed cuckoo-shrike female</td></tr>
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Not a <s>common hawk cuckoo</s> as we thought earlier, after comments from Hemant and observing again a) beak b) eyes c) the wing pattern we have corrected it.<br />
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And the Blue faced Malkohas had never before been this co-operative, waiting patiently for us, for minutes at times at close quarters.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">Blue faced Malkoha</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">Asian Paradise Flycatcher - Juvenile</span></td></tr>
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We had also been to Udayamarthanda puram another wetland nearby where we saw huge flocks of ibises, herons, storks, egrets, pelicans and other birds. All were returning home at sunset, in numbers reaching thousands.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMq-a9hUBP1HCdnKsAtXpxEOGNsjnGL6Bz4q_Y2zQdmK2-t1ycYBOHR5vaI_lXkL39AhBQJvslBMbj10c1GAm7VPrSxf3EMSFZhY6BmCHaF-krD2Rwaht6iiDClPCooXk7Pli4XaUgNfQ/s1600/IMG_8258+Udayamarthandapuram+Lake.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMq-a9hUBP1HCdnKsAtXpxEOGNsjnGL6Bz4q_Y2zQdmK2-t1ycYBOHR5vaI_lXkL39AhBQJvslBMbj10c1GAm7VPrSxf3EMSFZhY6BmCHaF-krD2Rwaht6iiDClPCooXk7Pli4XaUgNfQ/s640/IMG_8258+Udayamarthandapuram+Lake.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
Apart from birding, we were also taught a few lessons in bird ringing, something that BNHS station folks are doing, studying about the migration pattern of the birds. Personally, we didn’t like the idea of bringing the birds to the Field Station for the sake of ringing. Felt it would rather be better to ring the birds close to the place where they are captured and release them immediately, like how it is done in Europe. But nevertheless, it was something to learn about the ways and means of scientific study of bird migration.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM0UPYW3lkyf_ZItEZKRb3MDzf7WGTZPLmeriWdQwfzoy4CdbVKO8XTI5r-5MmXzWRoZmMxCTee_vnC-z2i_8oUiqZs9Q6tUtY4o_oGcFfBcJkZHJL4TpjSfw_k43vcoTNzlZIqXPrnLg/s1600/IMG_8352+Red+necked+phalarope+Ringing.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM0UPYW3lkyf_ZItEZKRb3MDzf7WGTZPLmeriWdQwfzoy4CdbVKO8XTI5r-5MmXzWRoZmMxCTee_vnC-z2i_8oUiqZs9Q6tUtY4o_oGcFfBcJkZHJL4TpjSfw_k43vcoTNzlZIqXPrnLg/s640/IMG_8352+Red+necked+phalarope+Ringing.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red necked Phalarope</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTULQsYENghZTWhnd01hHpZDMmRqMz8ydV9ICdVj5OXjf53AbiE50w19-E400a8oOL5nj_i7Ls2wNupPrTMGuGtP2P6JTB0zUr5_rJkG64o6sNsUwrydD7iWrdSMLNjtqB0NULDrjPSc/s1600/IMG_8345+Bartailed+Godwit+Ringing.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTULQsYENghZTWhnd01hHpZDMmRqMz8ydV9ICdVj5OXjf53AbiE50w19-E400a8oOL5nj_i7Ls2wNupPrTMGuGtP2P6JTB0zUr5_rJkG64o6sNsUwrydD7iWrdSMLNjtqB0NULDrjPSc/s640/IMG_8345+Bartailed+Godwit+Ringing.JPG" width="426" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bar tailed Godwit</td></tr>
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Below is the bird list and Do enjoy the pics, this trip report is due for almost an year and we are glad that we eventually made it.<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tern, Caspian<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tern, Gull-billed<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gull, Brown-headed<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gull, Heuglin’s<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Curlew, Eurasian<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Darter<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Egret, Cattle<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Egret, Intermediate<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Egret, Large<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Egret, Little<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Heron, Black-crowned Night<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Heron, Grey<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Heron, Indian Pond<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Heron, Purple<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bittern, Cinnamon<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Flamingo, Greater<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ibis, Black-headed<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ibis, Glossy<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pelican, Spot-billed<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Spoonbill, Eurasian<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stilt, Black-winged<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stork, Painted<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lapwing, Red-wattled<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Coot, Common<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cormorant, Little<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shag, Indian<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shoveller, Northern<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Moorhen, Common<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Grebe, Little<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Swamphen, Purple<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Duck, Spot-billed<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Waterhen, White-breasted<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sandpiper, Broadbilled<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sandpiper, Common<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sandpiper, Curlew<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sandpiper, Wood<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Greenshank, Common<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Redshank, Common<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plover, Greater Sand<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plover, Grey<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plover, Kentish<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plover, Lesser-sand<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plover, Little Ringed<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plover, Pacific Golden<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stint, Little<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stint, Temminck’s<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Phalarope, Red-necked<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Godwit, Bar-tailed<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Godwit, Black-tailed<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falcon, Peregrine<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Harrier, Western Marsh<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kite, Black<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kite, Black-shouldered<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kite, Brahminy<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Francolin, Grey<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Babbler, Jungle<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Babbler, White-headed<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Barbet, White cheeked<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bee-eater, Blue-tailed<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bee-eater, Green<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bulbul, Red-vented<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bulbul, White-browed<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Malkoha, Blue-faced<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cuckoo-shrike, Black-headed<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cuckoo, Chestnut-winged<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cuckoo, Common Hawk<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cuckoo, Indian Plaintive<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cuckoo, Lesser<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cuckoo, Pied Crested<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Koel, Asian<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dove, Eurasian Collared<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dove, Laughing<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dove, Spotted<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Drongo, Black<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Flycatcher, Asian Paradise<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hoopoe, Common<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.95pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shrike, Brown<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black Buck</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spotted Deer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wild Boar</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">and Finally Our Car - left Stranded</td></tr>
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Wishing you all a great 2013 and happy and sane birding during the year. Comments and Corrections welcome as always.<br />
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Deephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08985096625603251485noreply@blogger.com10Point Calimere, Tamil Nadu10.2878 79.865099999999984-15.2342345 38.556505999999985 35.8098345 121.17369399999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-42325895655800829512012-09-30T23:18:00.003+02:002013-02-13T11:53:12.759+01:00Witnessing the great Migration @ Falsterbo - Sweden<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Imagine yourself sitting on a sea coast with a cup of hot coffee, looking up the sky. Every minute you see waves after waves of birds, in huge numbers, crossing over your head. By huge, we mean not tens not hundreds, not even thousands - it is tens of thousands on a single day! Would it not be a delight for a bird watcher to do this kind of birding? Well, it is not a fantasy; it’s about a place called Falsterbo where this happens almost every day in autumn. Birds leaving Scandinavia before winter, cross this place in numbers as big as a few millions. To be in Scandinavia and not to visit Falsterbo, especially in autumn would be a great sin for a birder! We knew this is the place to go in autumn. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Black Headed Gulls, heading South West</td></tr>
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<b>About Falsterbo: </b></div>
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Falsterbo is an anvil shaped peninsula on the South westernmost part on Sweden. It is said to have formed about 10000 years ago during the end of the last Ice age when the glaciers retreated and left behind a series of moraine hummocks. Over thousands of years, shifting sands emerged in between and eventually the small anvil-shaped peninsula formed as we see it today.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">A flock of Barnacle Geese</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">It is estimated that about 500 million birds leave the Nordic countries every autumn, migrating to the south, some diurnal and some nocturnal and some both. Out of these, in Falsaterbo alone, 1-3 million diurnal migrant birds have been counted. On a clear day it would be a delight to watch flocks after flocks of various species of birds, flying in various sized flocks, or some even loners, and at various altitudes. Autumn migration here starts in July itself, when it is still Summer and goes on till almost November. And throughout the season, there are different species migrating, some early and some late. With Scandinavian weather being highly varied and hardly predictable, the migration on a particular day largely depends on the weather conditions suitable to that bird. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A huge flock of Wigeons</td></tr>
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<b>Why Falsterbo?</b></div>
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For migratory birds, it is a matter of compulsion to migrate to a better place mainly for availability of food supply. Since they will be faced with many threats on their way like lack of food, resting place, becoming preys, large expanses of sea, bad climatic conditions and many more, they often choose a safe path as far as possible. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A flock of Canada Geese</td></tr>
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Land based birds on autumn migration fly as far as possible along the coast, heading south west and they reach the Swedish west coast and since they try to avoid huge expanses of sea, they eventually get channeled to Falsterbo peninsula. From here, the birds have no choice but to venture out over the sea to reach the next land mass.</div>
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<b>More facts about bird migration:</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Finches resting after a meal of fruits</td></tr>
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- We learnt that passerines mostly migrate by the night for various reasons which includes being safe from raptors. And they typically take shelter in Falsterbo lighthouse garden at day break before continuing on their journey forward. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Blue Tit - a partial migrant</td></tr>
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- Raptors usually migrate in the middle of the day, when the sun is high up in the horizon, using thermals to soar up in the sky. It is said that in right thermal conditions, buzzards can soar and cover a distance of up to 12 km without a single wing beat; and for eagles it is up to 20km! Birders at Falsterbo call the time between 12 to 1pm as ‘Eagle hour’ because if at all raptors are to be spotted, they will be during that hour.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">A Marsh Harrier soaring high up in the sky</td></tr>
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- Since we chose early-autumn (early September), we got a mix of passerines, water birds, a few waders and raptors. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Green Shank</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">A Bar tailed Godwit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">European Honey Buzzards - A Juvenile and an adult</td></tr>
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- There was a continuous flight of Honey Buzzards and Marsh Harriers, not in huge flocks, but in singles, pairs and groups of threes and fours.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Another Honey Buzzard</td></tr>
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- It was raining Sparrow Hawks! Everywhere we saw, there surely was a Sparrow Hawk or two; some migrating, some residents. It was as if they were following us everywhere we went, right from the moment we landed in Falsterbo!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sparrowhawk</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"> - Some of the raptors like Merlin, Hobby and Osprey were lifers for us! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eurasian Hobby in a high speed flight!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Osprey</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><s>Merlin</s> Female Marsh Harrier ( distinguishing marks: long tail and a creamy head )</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"> - Geese were arriving and departing in flocks after flocks, making loud calls in their typical V-formation</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Geese in classic V-formation</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"> - We didn’t spot any Owls in the woods, though we longed to see them. We were told that they were in huge numbers the previous year, and as a result rodent population had reduced drastically. However the reduced rodent population meant that there was no food supply for Owls now and they too have almost vanished from the place.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Collared Dove</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"> - Weather in Scandinavia predictably highly unpredictable! The days we chose were not the best of the days in terms of number of birds, it was a great experience nevertheless.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A few more Canada Geese</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"> - The ornithologists at ‘Falsterbo Fagel Station’ are doing a wonderful job, studying the bird migration here and ringing the birds. Two people stand at the prime point Nabben, from dawn to dusk, despite the harsh weather, meticulously noting down the bird species and counting each species. Note that on days with great weather, this count can be a few hundred thousand too!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"> - And seasoned birders, who have been studying the migration from decades, stand in front of the lighthouse, another good point for witnessing migration, from morning till late afternoon, just guiding amateur birders like us, helping with Ids and sharing fascinating bird facts. That was something greatly appreciated.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">A White Wagtail in the Golf Course adjoining the Light house garden</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"> - Coming to bird ringing, trapping, ringing and releasing birds requires handling them with utmost care and it was amazing to see the dedication with which it was done. The birds were handled as soon as they were trapped, and the ringing done right at the same spot, and released, all in a matter of a few minutes, making sure the bird is not held for longer than necessary.</span><br />
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- We could rent bicycles there and cover most of the birding areas in Falsterbo and Skanor. A sign we spotted while riding… feels good to see that little creatures are regarded too :). There were other signs of Avocets crossing roads, as well!</div>
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<i>{Information Source - The book 'Wings Over Falsterbo' and knowledge gained through talks with the experts there. </i><br />
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<b><u>Bird List:</u></b><br />
Swan, Mute<br />
Heron, Grey<br />
Geese, Barnacle<br />
Geese, Canada<br />
Geese, Graylag<br />
Mallard<br />
Wigeon, Eurasian<br />
Teal, Eurasian<br />
Duck, Tufted<br />
Shelduck, Common<br />
Gadwall<br />
Goosander<br />
Cormorant, Great<br />
Eider, Common<br />
Buzzard, Common<br />
Honey Buzzard, European<br />
Merlin<br />
Marsh Harrier, Eurasian<br />
Sparrowhawk, Eurasian<br />
Osprey<br />
Kestrel, Common<br />
Hobby, European<br />
Merlin<br />
Coot, Common<br />
Oyster Catcher, Eurasian<br />
Lapwing, Northern<br />
Godwit, Bar tailed<br />
Redshank, Spotted<br />
Greenshank, Common<br />
Gull, Herrings<br />
Gull, Black Headed<br />
Gull, Common<br />
Gull, Black Backed<br />
Pigeon, Stock<br />
Pigeon, Wood<br />
Dove, Eurasian Collared<br />
Swift, Common<br />
Martin, House<br />
Barn Swallow<br />
Woodpecker, Spotted<br />
Lark, Sky<br />
Robin, European<br />
Wagtail, White<br />
Wagtail, Yellow<br />
Pipit, Tree<br />
Redstart, Common<br />
Warbler, Willow<br />
Warblers, Un-Id’ed<br />
Flycatcher, Spotted<br />
Tit, Great<br />
Tit, Blue<br />
Tit, Coal<br />
Raven / Rook ?<br />
Jackdaw, Eurasian<br />
Crow, Hooded<br />
Starlings, European<br />
Magpie, Eurasian<br />
Sparrow, House<br />
Sparrow, Eurasian Tree<br />
Chaffinch<br />
Finch, Rose<br />
Finch, Green<br />
Linnet, Common<br />
Siskin, European<br />
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We must say few words about the people at Falsterbo who have been studying bird migration over many years now. They are doing really a wonderful job out there which was an eye opener for us. They have been maintaining everyday reports of all birds sighted and their respective counts from ages. It can be found <a href="http://www.falsterbofagelstation.se/index_e.html">here</a>.</div>
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‘Wings Over Falsterbo’ is a book which is about bird migration at Falsterbo but also contains many interesting facts about bird migration in general! This book is co authored by many reputed ornithologists and greatly benefited us!</div>
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We are grateful to people at Falsterbo Fagelstation who made this possible for us!!! A BIG THANK YOU FOLKS!!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Within a month of landing here in Gothenburg, Sweden, we set out on a proper birding trip to this placed called Getteron Nature Reserve, near Varberg Port around 80 Km from here. We’d been to some casual bird watching almost every weekend, venturing into the woods and in the nearby parks, and gardens, but this was for a religious 3-day birding! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">It being midsummer weekend, we were not sure about the accommodation at Getteron. We didn't have much of a choice as we were mostly 'On Foot'. Our heartfelt thanks to Mr. Bo Neilson from <a href="http://www.vof.nu/">VOF</a>, who helped us with our accommodation and also accompanied us and shared a lot of knowledge during birding. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">The weather was fluctuating quite a bit, from being sunny to heavy showers and with cold breeze, esp since it was the coast. And that being mid-summer day, was the longest day of the year, with the sun setting at about midnight and rising again by 3 am!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">The Black headed Gulls and Greylag Geese were in huge flocks of a few hundreds, breeding. Apparently, these gulls shoo away any predators coming near the water, safeguarding their own chicks and in turn safe guarding the goose chicks too!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I must say, it was a great experience for both of us. With spotting scopes taken from VOF, we were also able to sit in the guest house and just observe hundreds of birds in front of us, when we could not venture out. It was birding the European way!</span><br />
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European Lapwing - with a crest - quite different from our Red/Yellow-Wattled ones</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: small;">And one of the evenings was pretty good, with Mr. Nielson taking us to the Varberg coast and we were able to spot quite a number of lifers... like Linnets, Northern Wheatears, more ducks and waders and also some sea birds like Divers and Eiders!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">Northern Wheatear - We seem to strike luck with Wheatears!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tree Sparrow - A pretty common one</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lesser Black Backed Gulls - One with a prey and the other chasing</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Eurasian Black Bird - With a melodious call </span></td></tr>
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<b style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><u>Some Interesting Observation:</u></b></div>
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<b>Saving the Kids</b>…<br />
<span style="background-color: white;">As we were scoping around the shores, saw two Hooded Crows trying to attack the goose chicks, the mother was trying to scare the crows away with loud call. A huge black backed gull who was making his routine sortie for the food saw this opportunity and suddenly attacked the chicks. It was the lonely mother against three predators who successfully rescued the chicks by keeping the predators engaged for a while when the kids rushed back to their safe shores..</span></div>
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<b>Hiding under Mom….</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Chicks going under mom's safe wings</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white;">It was our last day, and as we came near the guest house after birding, noticed some usual behavior with the lapwing down the hill. It was about to rain and, the mother seemed a bit aggressive, and was calling out loud, a further scan around we saw some chicks around who were running towards mother. One by one we saw the three chicks come to her and she covered them up in her wings and off they vanished, just before the rains started! Was it for the rain or was it as an alarm as the mother noticed us, we’re not sure.</span></div>
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May be it was an alarm call or mother noticed us, the chicks took shelter under mothers hood. </div>
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<b style="background-color: white;">Waders in Winter and Breeding </b><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Plumage</b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Ruff Duo - Males in Breeding plumage! (Shot from a long distance, but couldn't resist posting b'coz of their breeding plumage)</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white;">It was amazing to see some of the waders that we saw back in Point Calimere, India. It was in last Oct-Nov, and they had migrated long distances, some of them even from the Arctic, for wintering in warm southern India. They were in their dull, winter plumage which made it pretty difficult for us to Id too. And now here we were, in their breeding ground, where they’re in more colorful breeding plumage, which made it so easy for us to identify from one another. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><b>Here goes the bird list</b>…</span></div>
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Gull, Common<br />
Gull, Lesser Black Backed<br />
Gull, Great Black Backed<br />
Gull, Herrings<br />
Gull, Black headed<br />
Tern, Little<br />
Goose, Graylag<br />
Mallard<br />
Teal<br />
Shelduck, Common<br />
Ducks, Tufted<br />
Goldeneye, Common<br />
Wigeon, Eurasian<br />
Coot, Common<br />
Gadwall<br />
Swan, Mute<br />
Crane, Eurasian<br />
Heron, Grey<br />
Eider, Common<br />
Diver, Black throated<br />
Cormorant<br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Harrier, Marsh</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Lapwing, Northern</span><br />
Oyster Catcher, Eurasian<br />
Avocet, Pied<br />
Sandpiper, Wood<br />
Sandpiper, Green<br />
Ruff – In Breeding Plumage!!<br />
Greenshank, Common<br />
Redshank, Common – Breeding Plumage!!<br />
Redshank, Spotted<br />
Curlew<br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Warbler, Reed</span><br />
Warbler, White throat<br />
Tit, Marsh<br />
Tit, Bearded<br />
Pipit, Rock<br />
Pipit, Meadow<br />
Finch, Green<br />
Skylark, Eurasian<br />
Bunting, Reed<br />
Starling, Common<br />
Redstart, Common<br />
Linnet<br />
Wheatear, Northern<br />
Sparrow, Tree<br />
Sparrow, House<br />
Swallow, Barn<br />
Magpie, Eurasian<br />
Wagtail, White<br />
Blackbird, Eurasian<br />
Pigeon, Wood<br />
Crow, Hooded<br />
Jackdaw, Eurasian<br />
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<b>Birding Hides</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Birding hideouts are the ones which I liked the most, hides are build at vantage points where you can sit and observe the winged beauties up close without bothering them.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">One of the very few butterflies sighted</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Only Mammal Sighted:</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white;">Time of visit</b><span style="background-color: white;">: Third week of June 2012 (Mid-summer weekend)</span><br />
<b>Book referred: </b>Birds of Europe with North Africa and Middle East - Lars Johnsson<br />
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- Deepak and Sumana</div>
Deephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08985096625603251485noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-72769755137032892982011-10-18T15:48:00.002+02:002011-10-19T07:23:00.796+02:00Birding Around Malavalli and JLR Doddamakali<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
An account of birding around Malavalli, Shimsha and Doddamakali in June. Comments are welcome.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before we even headed for forests, at a temple on the outskirts of Malavalli this Indian Grey Hornbill was the starter.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White Naped Woodpecker , very shy bird. Sum was lucky to observe this and capture from a very close range </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black Eagle, a lifer for us; en route Shimsha we were able to spot a couple of them from close quarters </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White Bellied Drongo with its prey</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White Bellied Drongo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Acrobatics of this Purple rumped Sun bird was a pleasure to watch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black headed Munia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tickells Blue Flycatcher</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wire Tailed swallow on a wire :-)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three out of seven sisters - Jungle Babbler</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Asian Koel - Male</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hoopoe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scaly Breasted Munia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tickells Blue FlyCatcher </td></tr>
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As we ventured out during the night, lucky to spot some nocturnal birds.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Indian Night Jar </td></tr>
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Night jars were a lifer for us; Squatting on the ground, these nocturnal birds were almost still till. They seemed to be blinded by light and would fly off after some time when we ventured closer. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stone Curlew</td></tr>
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Thank you Balu-ji for the pics.<br />
And finally these raptors, not sure of the IDs of these two and these were the best pics available.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was sharing the space with Black eagle, both fought for a while and this one disappeared behind the mountains OHB. (Thanks Santosh , Deepa)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shot a bit earlier during the day- Juvenile Brahminy Kite (Thanks Satosh, Deepa)</td></tr>
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Deepak and Sumana.<br />
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</div>Deephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08985096625603251485noreply@blogger.com9Doddamakali Jungle Resorts Rd, Karnataka, India12.3231689 77.197644712.3076559 77.1779037 12.338681900000001 77.2173857tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-51683019288319991932011-09-30T13:19:00.001+02:002011-10-03T11:11:13.174+02:00Mandagadde during Monsoon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Monsoons spur a whole lot of life all around. Most of the birds begin to nest and breed in this season. With river Tunga flowing up to its brims, recent visit to Mandagadde during monsoons provided an opportunity to watch a whole flock of Median Egrets in action. A few had already had their family, few were trying their luck, few were busy in attracting opposite sex, few had started to build their nests.. and it goes on.... It was such a joy to watch them and time just flew by....</div>
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Here is a pictorial account of Mandagadde visit in July 2011.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two Darters - A Silhouette </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This Median Egret was on full display, with wings opened up like an old time hand fan! Watching them in the display act is simply a visual treat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Nest and a Family </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aiming high - A silhouette </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Habitat - well away from human reach<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Courtship </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one was still building its nest,</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reaching the other side of the shore with nesting material<br />
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Madagadde is tiny village around 30+Kms from Shimaga town towards Thirthahalli. Enroute Mandagadde you can visit Gajanur and Sakrebylu Elephant camp. Nesting season is from June to October for Egrets and Darters.<br />
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Comments are welcome as always<br />
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Deepak and Sumana</div>
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Deephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08985096625603251485noreply@blogger.com6Mandagadde, Karnataka, India13.7306918 75.460690313.7152668 75.4409493 13.746116800000001 75.480431299999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-10151058913041123372011-08-24T15:18:00.002+02:002011-08-25T08:51:17.701+02:00Birding in India’s Savannah - Nannaj!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Having missed an opportunity already in Rajasthan to witness the elusive and endangered Great Indian Bustard, we didn’t miss this opportunity to hop on to the trip to Nannaj-WLS @ Maharashtra in the quest of Great Indian Bustard- His Majesty! Had a great company of enthusiastic birders along with us and field experience of Mr. Bharat Cheda whose commitment for nature, conservation is just great! Below is the brief account along with photo feature of the trip. Comments and Critique welcome as always!</div>
<br /><strong>Day1 Field Visit</strong>
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<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The visit started bit late as there was delay in our arrivals. During the field visits we were strictly instructed not to venture beyond a point as GIB’s are very sensitive to human movements. We kept our fingers crossed hoping that we will definitely cross our paths soon. Afternoon till late evening was an eventful birding in the Grassland and by the evening we decided to head back to base hoping that we might spot a GIB on our way!</div>
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<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This collared dove was sitting pretty</span></div>
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<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Spotted a aunch of Indian Coursers on our way. Like the V Shape on the neck. Didn't spot any during the rest of the days </span></div>
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<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Large Grey Babbler</span></div>
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<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Green Sand Piper</span></div>
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<br /><strong>The First Encounter with the king</strong>
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<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">It was almost late evening and Bharath asked the driver to stop the vehicle and just climbed up on the vehicle and Oh la…. He had spotted His Majesty grazing around at quite a distance. All were up on their toes! All of us got down glued to our Binocs and Cameras. The ones with sharp eyes got a glimpse of his Majesty first and people like me followed the suit later:-).</div>
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<br />The GIB was grazing and his wobby bag was quite visible from the distance. He gave a glimpse for a while and got disappeared. It was getting dark and we decided to head back. On our way back we bumped on to Hares and Night Jars which were sitting pretty on the ground.
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<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Indian Nightjar</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7cyUp6kKUSDXROyPD74r02S-VoiUkYt2fTJZC6JiihMNBwOQsmGZ86rKvHE4cB8iNUuBAFiXCEJXXTRV_86oZl0VU4Nxf9GrPhO14sn_94JsZ2vqvuIUt8JMKzih_JGKVdUmiffMMMck/s1600/IMG_5919.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 318px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644023070456369378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7cyUp6kKUSDXROyPD74r02S-VoiUkYt2fTJZC6JiihMNBwOQsmGZ86rKvHE4cB8iNUuBAFiXCEJXXTRV_86oZl0VU4Nxf9GrPhO14sn_94JsZ2vqvuIUt8JMKzih_JGKVdUmiffMMMck/s400/IMG_5919.JPG" /></a>
<br />We were hoping that tomorrow will be a better day and we will definitely catch His Majesty in full avataar.
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<br /><strong>Day2 Field Visit</strong>
<br />Day2 started on a good note with visiting the Hipperga lake nearby. The wet land was full of activity during the morning and we had a great time in spotting many of the water birds.
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<br />This Woolly necked Stork displayed its beauty for us from close proximity...
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<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Ashy Prinia</span></div>
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<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Great Thick Knee</span></div>
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<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Black Winged Stilt</span></div>
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<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This crow was munching its breakfast</span></div>
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<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Baya Weaver - Female??</span></div>
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<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Common Coot</span></div>
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<br />Post the lake visit and the breakfast we were again into the scrub jungles of Nannaj. Nannaj has lots to offer, from insects, moths to butterflies(another post on butterflies will follow) and birds. We saw two huge frogs resting near a pond quietly. We were amazed by the size of these frogs. As we continued the trail this Juvenile white eyed buzzard flew close to the vehicle and gave good glimpse.
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<br /><strong>Close call with Eurasian Eagle Owl</strong>
<br />As we were taking a look at Bay backed Shrike, the team called us from a distance and there was a surprise there. This Eurasian Eagle owl was sitting pretty under a shrub.
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<br /><strong>And the Second encounter! </strong>
<br />Sun was dropping off on the horizon and so were we, almost tired on the day two with extensive birding from morning. Bharat got us to a spot where he felt we had some chances of sighting GIB’s. He scanned the horizon with bincos and hmm…. No luck!! We decided to head the other way. Just then something flew across the horizon and there was His Majesty again….. basking in the glory of the evening sunlight he took a flight across the horizon. Seeing his Majesty in flight was worth the pain taken from the morning.
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<br />PS: Next day we figured out that, some enthusiastic birder/photographer ventured too close to the GIB and the disturbed GIB flew off. A sincere request to photographer friends, please follow the basic discipline and when we are in their territory let’s not venture too close for taking photographs. Well this topic needs separate write up and I wish people are sensible enough to follow the basic ground rules.
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<br /><strong>Day 3 Field Visit</strong>
<br />With two days of exhaustive birding, third day we headed straight to Nannaj WLS and decided to spend the time at a place where we can spot Great Indian Bustards. Sitting at a place watching the nature is really interesting, you will witness lot of drama unfold in front of you. A Male black buck chased away the other males or Juveniles in order to prove Supremacy, Again a male buck suddenly sprung into action and sprinted across some distance, a dog chased away herd of bucks and there were butterflies all around capturing the nectar from the flowers.
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<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Small waterbody nearby attracted lot Munias and Silverbills</span></div>
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<br />Time till noon just flew off and still there were no signs of his Majesty! But these larks gave a wonderful breeding display, by flying high up, singing and then diving, literally!
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<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Yellow Wattled Lapwing</span></div>
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<br /><strong>The Final Encounter</strong>
<br />Post lunch we were back again at the same place and this time we were really really lucky. His Majesty had arrived there already and was conducting his Durbaar for the evening. He was at his best here! He preened, pruned and grazed along as we watched quietly. We were fortunate to see some of the display acts too of the Male bustard. Couple of hours passed by and we made our way for the crowd that came in to watch them.
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<br />Later we were told that there was another Juvenile Male Bustard nearby and we walked back to the spot again. Couldn’t spot the Juvenile Bustard, but his Majesty was still happily around. It was getting dark and we drove back keeping beautiful memories in mind.
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<br />And finally, here is the bird list of the outing.
<br />1.Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
<br />2.Black-shouldered Kite
<br />3.Rufous-fronted Prinia
<br />4.Yellow wattled Lapwing
<br />5.Indian Bushlark
<br />6.Grey Francolin
<br />7.Eurasian Collared-dove
<br />8.Laughing Dove
<br />9.Red Collared-dove
<br />10.Sykes's Lark
<br />11.Scaly-breasted Munia
<br />12.Black-headed Munia
<br />13.Indian Silverbill
<br />14.Red-vented Bulbul
<br />15.White-eyed Buzzard
<br />16.Jungle Babbler
<br />17.Yellow-billed Babbler
<br />18.Indian Courser
<br />19.Large Grey Babbler
<br />20.Jungle Bush-quail
<br />21.Red-wattled Lapwing
<br />22.Bay-backed Shrike
<br />23.Indian Robin
<br />24.Green Sandpiper
<br />25.Wood Sandpiper
<br />26.House Crow
<br />27.House Sparrow
<br />28.White-throated Kingfisher
<br />29.Indian Peafowl
<br />30.Little Cormorant
<br />31.Common Myna
<br />32.Baya Weaver
<br />33.Greater Coucal
<br />34.Great Indian Bustard
<br />35.Indian Nightjar
<br />36.Black Kite
<br />37.Rock Pigeon
<br />38.Black Drongo
<br />39.Ashy Prinia
<br />40.Plain Prinia
<br />41.Asian Koel
<br />42.Black Ibis
<br />43.Purple-rumped Sunbird
<br />44.Purple Sunbird
<br />45.Common Kingfisher
<br />46.Pied Kingfisher
<br />47.Common Coot
<br />48.Black-winged Stilt
<br />49.River Tern
<br />50.Green Bee-eater
<br />51.Indian Pond Heron
<br />52.Cattle Egret
<br />53.Grey Heron
<br />54.Purple Heron
<br />55.Red Avadavat
<br />56.Wooly-necked Stork
<br />57.Intermediate Egret
<br />58.Little Egret
<br />59.Purple Moorhen
<br />60.Glossy Ibis
<br />61.Eurasian Spoonbill
<br />62.Painted Stork
<br />63.Spot-billed Duck
<br />64.Brahminy Kite
<br />65.Great Thick-knee
<br />66.Rufous-tailed Lark
<br />67.Brahminy Starling
<br />68.Paddy-field Pipit
<br />69.Little Grebe
<br />70.Bonelli's Eagle
<br />71.Shikra
<br />72.Rose-ringed Parakeet
<br />73.Eurasian Eagle-owl
<br />74.Jungle Crow
<br />75.Barn Swallow
<br />76.Red rumped Swallow
<br />77.Yellow-legged Buttonquail
<br />78.Barred Buttonquail
<br />79.Small Minivet
<br />80.Southern Grey Shrike
<br />81.Common Hawk Cuckoo (heard)
<br />82.White-breasted Waterhen
<br />83.Leaf Warbler ?
<br />84.Great Cormorant
<br />85.Great tit
<br />(Other members of the group also spotted)
<br />86.Whiskered Tern
<br />87.Indian Roller
<br />88.Grey Hornbill
<br />89.Sandgrouse
<br />
<br />Photographs & Narration By: Deepak and Sumana Deephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08985096625603251485noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-81495852447311556802011-08-04T11:33:00.003+02:002011-08-04T11:37:37.300+02:00Nesting of Purple-rumped Sunbirds<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVR3N-NerdNBJSWSFl6Sc6Bg8KaqQwoWdDsftkSFArohb7OweVbUVTuOqYBLi986690GjkJckbRyWfCgb_JN2_ZhXwl0x6fdDY8zVG4DCy8BF0BkdfjHmL0EW27nTyR4dJncForq1hTk/s1600/SunbirdNest_14-7-11_S.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVR3N-NerdNBJSWSFl6Sc6Bg8KaqQwoWdDsftkSFArohb7OweVbUVTuOqYBLi986690GjkJckbRyWfCgb_JN2_ZhXwl0x6fdDY8zVG4DCy8BF0BkdfjHmL0EW27nTyR4dJncForq1hTk/s400/SunbirdNest_14-7-11_S.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635935202345454066" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There was this guest-for-a-few-days pair of Purple rumped Sunbirds at home, where it tried making its home, but then didn't fully succeed for some reason obscure to us. But however long it was around, we had been happy to host it and saw to it that we didn't much disturb, as far as possible. Here's some observation i had noted everyday.</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><b>Day 1: 5<sup>th</sup> July 2011, Tuesday<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">As we were leaving to office in the morning, this female Purple rumped Sunbird swiftly flew past us into the portico and perched itself on a branch of hibiscus plant. It sat there for a few more seconds and I was running late to office, but felt that it had something in its beak</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><b>Day 2:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDy-fskGxm_bPbujzR4oLcCAR8s5bvEyY24PzRx-2OvdsS7HkrCtXo_5X1nS0wi7q4IT2Eo9rSVh1li8pd85t0WU1NdJq_2-a7tIXPkkUDMegz4XPbw42Izcb8aLw6ZI0qPhEbEH9khW8/s1600/SunbirdNest_5-7-11_S.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDy-fskGxm_bPbujzR4oLcCAR8s5bvEyY24PzRx-2OvdsS7HkrCtXo_5X1nS0wi7q4IT2Eo9rSVh1li8pd85t0WU1NdJq_2-a7tIXPkkUDMegz4XPbw42Izcb8aLw6ZI0qPhEbEH9khW8/s400/SunbirdNest_5-7-11_S.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635934572545424770" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;">Wow! There this sunbird was again on the same branch and now there was a lump of straw and dried leaves hanging down from the branch! It was clearly a nest in making!!</div><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The location of nest chosen by this couple was a little strange, at least for us - it was on a walkway, where we have to walk up and down every morning and evening. And it was below the lintel (sajja) of a window, which we hardly open, but if we did, it would disturb the nest for sure. And while walking, if we just raised our hand, we’d be able to touch it, it was that low! We ruled out suggestions that we need to move up the branch and place it over the window lintel to keep it safe. I’m sure the birds are intelligent enough to choose a safe place and don’t need our assistance. Man’s intervention almost always will be more disastrous than constructive!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">We observed it for a few minutes and sure it was... the female was getting raw-materials for the nest and building it up quite rapidly. The male was perched on a nearby electric wire. I was elated to see a nest coming up so close to me... </p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgasBCR2SmJjb4MJnIdwUwgGMYmytlExxnRAfilbojYe5GMWDjBZX9m-zgiEomAUhWIiR3mhT2h3cNIMISg2J9wWlP5aepnYvrAwP2gMB72YeAFGmmCeyHkVZQrl7Mv_kNSF2Mskl9nNDM/s1600/SunbirdNest_6-7-11-1_S.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgasBCR2SmJjb4MJnIdwUwgGMYmytlExxnRAfilbojYe5GMWDjBZX9m-zgiEomAUhWIiR3mhT2h3cNIMISg2J9wWlP5aepnYvrAwP2gMB72YeAFGmmCeyHkVZQrl7Mv_kNSF2Mskl9nNDM/s400/SunbirdNest_6-7-11-1_S.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635934577622664418" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Evenings it’d generally be dark by the time I got back home and couldn’t see much of bird activity even if I reached at 6-30 or so.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><b>Day 3:</b></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGGZU4fKGbiiX_Uhb813X_9pHpGIdPjcxO0oPihT2M_zu5zzzvTJAU20JBMPOwxzif8EhTMLg9Etc3gGylbNdPW73mBTdDXwyBxLTEdhudg2aiGwCy-usH9kUqZ1L80OWYJghUKiSVHcM/s1600/SunbirdNest_7-7-11-1_S.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGGZU4fKGbiiX_Uhb813X_9pHpGIdPjcxO0oPihT2M_zu5zzzvTJAU20JBMPOwxzif8EhTMLg9Etc3gGylbNdPW73mBTdDXwyBxLTEdhudg2aiGwCy-usH9kUqZ1L80OWYJghUKiSVHcM/s400/SunbirdNest_7-7-11-1_S.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635934582472510194" /></a><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The nest had now taken a good shape - it had a nice little opening facing the other side; it was big enough for the little lady to get inside and sit comfortably. Still she kept on getting more material, and continued making the nest stronger. Sometimes she’d get some dried leaves or straw and dump it inside and fly back soon and at other times she’d get inside, do some building, make a lot of arrangement with the stuff and then got out. At times she’d get inside and we could see that the whole branch would be shaking, as she was probably securing the nest tight! </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">She would not mind us walking right below her nest or watching from behind some branches from about 6-7 feet!! But if there was some activity right below, she’d wait.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><b>Day 4:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfDINUz0vNefxLFbhJhyphenhyphenxEaZinvlhM_LVczIKozoV7cDKNxGwuZq0S8cruOJqYfG03i_VwH18MenbMk7mJ6dbMcCeDo4udNr4AvZaM0qOgIscNWKeUbGI2u3ZdzxUYLb4R9Z1DrIfQ0o/s1600/SunbirdNest_7-7-11_S.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfDINUz0vNefxLFbhJhyphenhyphenxEaZinvlhM_LVczIKozoV7cDKNxGwuZq0S8cruOJqYfG03i_VwH18MenbMk7mJ6dbMcCeDo4udNr4AvZaM0qOgIscNWKeUbGI2u3ZdzxUYLb4R9Z1DrIfQ0o/s400/SunbirdNest_7-7-11_S.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635934588058417090" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I guess the nest was now strong enough but needed some bedding now!! Coz the lady sunbird got some soft fur like materials today. It was like some thin threads, feathers or some cottony stuff and placed them inside. I remember reading about <a href="http://www.wildwanderer.com/journal/?p=283">Karthik</a> placing some cotton nearby, and I too wanted to see if I could help her! Placed some cotton in small pieces on other branches of the same plant and waited in a corner. After some rounds, she did notice the cotton, for she went closer to it, but then she rejected it :(</p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHWrF6UekaUffy7j2wAEYJc5JMPBpqe6RTZRDToIhMLjfDbsFablC4XSqzIO98Y5M0fYHt4S-jTIbngLeM_mByUUbYJ75fFdfJj0f2LNUBYV8i2zR4R4khATewyJoCedyoZhpWY8epVk/s400/SunbirdNest_6-7-11_S.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635934583175866018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">She did that a couple of times, but didn’t pick up my offering, and preferred to rather get her own good material! </p> <p class="MsoNormal">All this while the male just sat there watching about, but didn’t lend her a hand, err a beak?! The max he did was to escort her to the nest sometimes when there were people around. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><b>Day 5:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXP8ftaiIjj-EMEarpllQIUtcmsslIxw1exmnYwDxRtBv5XAMYprWUaKbCFj4kjJsgR4vEb3FKKlrSxFrS9ha1-p5A-lJ40iRwLinkqf_xPRBXXj2dp9DNUH7w5k5VbqXJRerpMwswnHE/s1600/SunbirdNest_8-7-11_S.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXP8ftaiIjj-EMEarpllQIUtcmsslIxw1exmnYwDxRtBv5XAMYprWUaKbCFj4kjJsgR4vEb3FKKlrSxFrS9ha1-p5A-lJ40iRwLinkqf_xPRBXXj2dp9DNUH7w5k5VbqXJRerpMwswnHE/s400/SunbirdNest_8-7-11_S.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635935044131910594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal">We got up before the birds as we were leaving for a trekking trip.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">While the Ashy Prinia was the first one to call out in the morning at 5-45am, these sun birds didn’t arrive near the nest till about an hour after that. They did continue the same behavior as the previous day; we too couldn’t spent much time observing. But the nest now had a canopy like structure just outside the opening!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><b>Day 6:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1">No observation</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><b>Day 7:</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">They were closer to the nest, as if to keep a watch, but didn’t see them getting into it. The male was also now quite closer to the nest, as if to occasionally inspect his partner's work!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIeZ7g29K14UyOUxtod1Z0M6GmXmf4G18CTtRzYMXg-uESF409YVNCBxY-JBfGloRgPvRP3hagW1VN2hdBGEls8ytJtybRlvAW3Hy6S8WaZyF_6xoEFX2UZoxX2ZZeD4h8baPN3GTt9w4/s1600/SunbirdNest_11-7-11_S.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIeZ7g29K14UyOUxtod1Z0M6GmXmf4G18CTtRzYMXg-uESF409YVNCBxY-JBfGloRgPvRP3hagW1VN2hdBGEls8ytJtybRlvAW3Hy6S8WaZyF_6xoEFX2UZoxX2ZZeD4h8baPN3GTt9w4/s400/SunbirdNest_11-7-11_S.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635935044846535890" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">In the evening, however, I saw the female sitting inside the nest with its head peeping out slightly, much before the nightfall and it stayed there like that without much activity. Neither was the male seen around.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Day 8:</b></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsyMLyaHF2Rayrxci6myvTX60nyfq9PsxhcmDiF8exlcHuPupWGLeGitukdBh-VTIghGLBA_2bd__8nWk1aasxDmUmovthUwr0BUbaBD0xZ9ma3sSz-MmSj1cRpfeZl3vOGbCJJkRA8yw/s1600/SunbirdNest_14-7-11-1_S.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsyMLyaHF2Rayrxci6myvTX60nyfq9PsxhcmDiF8exlcHuPupWGLeGitukdBh-VTIghGLBA_2bd__8nWk1aasxDmUmovthUwr0BUbaBD0xZ9ma3sSz-MmSj1cRpfeZl3vOGbCJJkRA8yw/s400/SunbirdNest_14-7-11-1_S.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635935052606814674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b></b>It wasn’t there the next morning, when we saw. And after some time they came, and the female got in for sometime and then went out. She wasn’t staying in continuously, but was there again at night. Made me doubt if she had laid egg or not yet. (Later I read somewhere that the female spends a couple of nights in the nest before laying eggs; so she might not have laid eggs yet)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><b>Day 9:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNB-_N_8cEy8VYWYEE5RHuboIvfAUZYAhyF2So1cLNyi5y1XLeHaIaaLEmI_x8pLDy4gjTBnf6_yLb9iksDL7iS7EtTzh0PaR_RfGYfOhnpPdh-rN3GsoKyXPrsEMw6XiOR4q2je0Rio/s1600/SunbirdNest_13-7-11_S.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNB-_N_8cEy8VYWYEE5RHuboIvfAUZYAhyF2So1cLNyi5y1XLeHaIaaLEmI_x8pLDy4gjTBnf6_yLb9iksDL7iS7EtTzh0PaR_RfGYfOhnpPdh-rN3GsoKyXPrsEMw6XiOR4q2je0Rio/s400/SunbirdNest_13-7-11_S.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635935049222332562" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The female was now sitting inside more often, even in the morning, apparently she had now laid eggs. And she didn’t seem to like our presence near, so we just left the place all to herself!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><b>Day 10:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Same as yesterday; she didn’t mind us if we were looking at her, but didn’t like it when we went with a camera. So we just didn’t bother her too much.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">We viewed her from inside the window through the glass, and she seemed to be incubating now, since she was in and out of the nest throughout the day.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbwU9BhQeY6zbVbYN803bEv2XTQCKCiySMB_IN5N9t-bzltOO4X3cTnw98k2y2M3dGSYGLdXiTlxKtIBuXca7QkTIOVyNrXJa92yV6uYuksvpzVR6BAwShnOZOJK10gIhdbzl0X0XiKh4/s1600/SunbirdNest_14-7-11-2_S.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbwU9BhQeY6zbVbYN803bEv2XTQCKCiySMB_IN5N9t-bzltOO4X3cTnw98k2y2M3dGSYGLdXiTlxKtIBuXca7QkTIOVyNrXJa92yV6uYuksvpzVR6BAwShnOZOJK10gIhdbzl0X0XiKh4/s400/SunbirdNest_14-7-11-2_S.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635935056143378402" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>Day 10-15:</b></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The female continued to be incubating and the male would occasionally hang around. But never shared any work with his mate! She was now more relaxed even if people moved about closer to the nest. She spent every night in the nest itself. One strange observation was that as soon as she got into the nest after a meal break or so, she would enter and before settling down on the eggs, she'd shake the nest hard, similar to the nest building times when i thought she was strengthening the hang from the branch. and after a few seconds of this, she'd settle down calmly, peeping out of the little hole!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b></b></span>Day 16 - Black Wednesday - 20 July 2011<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>The End </b>- Check <a href="http://sumsarena.blogspot.com/2011/07/where-did-it-go.html">here </a>and <a href="http://sumsarena.blogspot.com/2011/07/homeless.html">here </a>if you can bear to read a sad ending<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Yeah... the nest had vanished one evening, very unfortunately. It is about 2 weeks and i have still not come to terms with it fully. I guess they'd have learnt a valuable lesson not to trust Humans so blindly :( </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">How i wish humans also learnt some small lessons of being considerate to fellow creatures.....</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">How i wished to present a beautiful end to this story, but it was not in my control. After much debating with myself, I made up my mind to at least share here whatever little was noted. </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><br /></span></b></p>Sumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11516678367083112428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-67234900722565859232011-07-17T13:30:00.007+02:002011-07-21T18:02:03.682+02:00Birding around BR Hills<div align="left">What began as a day visit in May stretched a bit longer and had a fantastic outing in the wilderness of BR Hills. Due to last minute planning could arrange accommodation nither at K-Gudi nor at Gorukana, but somehow managed with basic accommodation at Biligiri Bhavana run by temple authorities.<br /><br />This one was shot enroute BR Hills. With lot of sericulture activity around the area, the kites were huge in numbers around. They must have got used to the presence of human beings around and allowed me shoot from a closer range. They were having gala time feeding on worms around.<br /></div><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2gbpipiDaKnId_aeKnUT7q7kEouVwfx3lW_gNeJqFn1bBZ8O837fXTdvr5s4kS17joPaUOBh5UC-vgPWPdJSuVpwj8Hy6tJ4GFClX50EF0yIDUaLOvbd9YDZYV5yB5z2nZUWr9NQkyeg/s1600/IMG_4203+Brahminy+Kite.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630262011657221202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2gbpipiDaKnId_aeKnUT7q7kEouVwfx3lW_gNeJqFn1bBZ8O837fXTdvr5s4kS17joPaUOBh5UC-vgPWPdJSuVpwj8Hy6tJ4GFClX50EF0yIDUaLOvbd9YDZYV5yB5z2nZUWr9NQkyeg/s400/IMG_4203+Brahminy+Kite.JPG" /></a> Brahminy Kite<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7fk2Zi9bAcOveNuhnhY39ttzbTl6H95qQKD23hYAdEMqbMadF0p9dvIrIE989n8R_GeaSvzcobyngRwx1j3lE-86mYHN_LFDzH2OhdmU4a7N5p-xgdOmfX7rCjcZuJwMZ8gK55E-J7s/s1600/IMG_4201+Juvenile+Kite.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 284px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630262012015450642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7fk2Zi9bAcOveNuhnhY39ttzbTl6H95qQKD23hYAdEMqbMadF0p9dvIrIE989n8R_GeaSvzcobyngRwx1j3lE-86mYHN_LFDzH2OhdmU4a7N5p-xgdOmfX7rCjcZuJwMZ8gK55E-J7s/s400/IMG_4201+Juvenile+Kite.JPG" /></a>Brahminy Kite- Juvenile? </p><br /><br /><p align="left">Since we couldn't get accommodation in K Gudi, we drove through the BR hills to K gudi a few times and spent around BR Hills doing birding. We roamed around few Soliga hamlets and couple of plantations around. Birding in thick green forests is a real challenge for amateurs, you enter some place and you will hear variety of sounds but only few birds will really show up. Recognizing just by calls is really fantastic but I guess we have still miles to go to reach there.<br /><br />We were happy to sight and observe crested serpent eagle from close ranges. Every time I drove though K Gudi route this fella would make at least one appearence. Most of the times spotted this on the road side trees, but quickly it will disappear it greens. Probably its lesser wing span makes it easier to fly in across thick forests. On one more instance we had to abruptly stop our car as this was happily munching right on the road in front of us. As we watched it, after some time it took its prey on to a low branch and continued to savour its half finished meal. Once it was done with its prey, it walked around the tree branch and gave us a nice stare!<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKjvJoKIo4ybViYTt5lx-B7T1-S0QIcN8Xj6XK5106mhW9XzEhwVhc9VdaD0kR8OeHPs2CmJFwwBBiO2NaEa2245LPdDNkEbj8ufk5_1WRHKdG80WkvszY_VeE7SHzKcKqWMj8elaAcU/s1600/IMG_4381+Crested+Serpent+Eagle.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630262019476846594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKjvJoKIo4ybViYTt5lx-B7T1-S0QIcN8Xj6XK5106mhW9XzEhwVhc9VdaD0kR8OeHPs2CmJFwwBBiO2NaEa2245LPdDNkEbj8ufk5_1WRHKdG80WkvszY_VeE7SHzKcKqWMj8elaAcU/s400/IMG_4381+Crested+Serpent+Eagle.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><p align="center">Crested Serpent Eagle</p><br /><br /><p>Saw a group of Racket tailed Drongos, lifer for us. But they were too high on the tree tops, to get a decent picture.<br /><br />On one of the drives, we thought we will take a Jungle safari ride run by Forest Department during the evening. Knowing our interest in birding one of the rangers there told us we might want to head towards the scrubb jungle enroute Chamaraja nagar. We decided to head out in that direction ditching the Safari. I guess it was right call when we found this.<br /></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkp9EasDG0ddWfusJemZghyphenhyphenvI1VHw_wxuZepU4i7MTjx1h3QU0ngGQk06uWNjAJr4WdXLeVhS3B4rUFSxJLGbpwQuL0Q7WAk4gqertk264mnMrVHfli73Lg1R3S3AgzyrHoa8ya3OtgY4/s1600/IMG_4442+Red+wattled+Lapwing+.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630262021455745970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkp9EasDG0ddWfusJemZghyphenhyphenvI1VHw_wxuZepU4i7MTjx1h3QU0ngGQk06uWNjAJr4WdXLeVhS3B4rUFSxJLGbpwQuL0Q7WAk4gqertk264mnMrVHfli73Lg1R3S3AgzyrHoa8ya3OtgY4/s400/IMG_4442+Red+wattled+Lapwing+.JPG" /></a> Red Wattled Lapwing</p><br /><br /><p><br />This Red wattled lapwing was sitting pretty. So far we hadn't seen any lapwings with out making the lovely call :-) We guessed that, it must be up to something and we just stopped there at quite a distance. We hung out there for sometime and RWL flew off after some time. Slowly reaching there (again from some distance) made us realise that it was incubating its eggs there. We quickly disappeared from there, not to disturb the bird and not to attract attention.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq-3PRIBijElQ4cF6yhreb5tYQRIgNKMrSf6R7b_iy202VUUph3ckmswnv86Mt0LJzYBUusQghL0jnE5_CXK17nIbAkoadtyayeS-coIY_k5mEtGx_tBbUQQPOSWpKPM_jbvHln3LjeCs/s1600/IMG_4444+Red+wattled+Lapwing+-+eggs.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630262024726144322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq-3PRIBijElQ4cF6yhreb5tYQRIgNKMrSf6R7b_iy202VUUph3ckmswnv86Mt0LJzYBUusQghL0jnE5_CXK17nIbAkoadtyayeS-coIY_k5mEtGx_tBbUQQPOSWpKPM_jbvHln3LjeCs/s400/IMG_4444+Red+wattled+Lapwing+-+eggs.JPG" /></a><br /><br />During an evening near the lake, we found this wagtail, happily jumping through the lotus leaves in search of food. The jumps were so precise that, it knew exactly where there was leaf and water.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxaTIwONlLB0TotRq7berXWMAoHy-Bwh0aSFiSlxAHzg96CSpCkt1QQz6JNCIe2SrAaxN6gD75UEoh2RsEm35OPzR8-H2QB371aekkEorfkTMkjJnjNDI4hsRvgSW660cu0FUz1I5UDnU/s1600/IMG_4548+White+Browed+Wagtail.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630262832146318418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxaTIwONlLB0TotRq7berXWMAoHy-Bwh0aSFiSlxAHzg96CSpCkt1QQz6JNCIe2SrAaxN6gD75UEoh2RsEm35OPzR8-H2QB371aekkEorfkTMkjJnjNDI4hsRvgSW660cu0FUz1I5UDnU/s400/IMG_4548+White+Browed+Wagtail.JPG" /><br /></a><br /><p align="center">White-browed Wagtail</p><br /><br /><p align="left">Just a walk around the BR Hills village/around Gorukana/around Lake provided good opportunites for birding. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6Lu3zLQ934_VviVpo1RTd7EaOaK0Zlivayna1WJ3-UQ0ADA92Q1f3zZFXpod-REXdAn1k0tv32aP4wwdAarVsORhTd88_20qd4Ik4d2V4tArFtzKnhNLwRazNMb6mMXyr21AoW4BrWA/s1600/IMG_4518+Pallid+Harrier.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 287px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630262830861808930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6Lu3zLQ934_VviVpo1RTd7EaOaK0Zlivayna1WJ3-UQ0ADA92Q1f3zZFXpod-REXdAn1k0tv32aP4wwdAarVsORhTd88_20qd4Ik4d2V4tArFtzKnhNLwRazNMb6mMXyr21AoW4BrWA/s400/IMG_4518+Pallid+Harrier.JPG" /> </a><br /><p align="center"><s>Pallid Harrier(?)</s> Oriental Honey Buzzard - Seen hovering over </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMr2uR8M_Xu9b5Oa06VUg5Ed_bnsCPeN6ilSyt8MRFpem1yl32l9voX2XGlGGYPmZRVKU9tD3Vv8qrl-ugxL7uNjhI9jy1I7YkD4BztBVbhwU4tTMebyRhO0VGuLcohu0Deo71G42qW9A/s1600/IMG_4507+Indian+Hanging+Parrot.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 288px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630262824703361970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMr2uR8M_Xu9b5Oa06VUg5Ed_bnsCPeN6ilSyt8MRFpem1yl32l9voX2XGlGGYPmZRVKU9tD3Vv8qrl-ugxL7uNjhI9jy1I7YkD4BztBVbhwU4tTMebyRhO0VGuLcohu0Deo71G42qW9A/s400/IMG_4507+Indian+Hanging+Parrot.JPG" /> </a><br /><p align="center">Indian Hanging Parrot </p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="center"><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJXS_pKb7kUc-Kr5i-6X4LqdAapxQUA4pC6-LwVAyn7V6C731RkavMIYgmqj5IdmUAnKIkZ4O0Vlxncixa28DyRW8FoJj5KbJ4lYdvv79NTJGN9Dr8rBU8Rb8piPS47hTti-UZm7XLcA/s1600/IMG_4492+Oriental+Magpie+Robin.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 288px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630262821068280210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJXS_pKb7kUc-Kr5i-6X4LqdAapxQUA4pC6-LwVAyn7V6C731RkavMIYgmqj5IdmUAnKIkZ4O0Vlxncixa28DyRW8FoJj5KbJ4lYdvv79NTJGN9Dr8rBU8Rb8piPS47hTti-UZm7XLcA/s400/IMG_4492+Oriental+Magpie+Robin.JPG" /> </a><br /><p align="left"></p><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Oriental Magpie Robin - They were so many of them, everywhere!</div><br />Here is the birdlist from the trip.<br /><br />Francolin, Grey<br />Kingfisher, White throated<br />Myna, Common<br />Myna, Jungle<br />Myna, Hill<br />Bulbul, Red vented<br />Bulbul, Red whiskered<br />Stork, Asian Open-billed<br />Ibis, Black<br />Kite, Black<br />Kite, Brahminy<br />Egret, Cattle<br />Babbler, jungle<br />Prinia, Ashy<br />Warbler, unIded<br />Koel, Asian<br />Swallow, Red rumped<br />Sunbird, Purple rumped<br />Starling, Brahminy<br />Robin, Oriental Magpie<br />Robin, Indian<br />Munia, Scaly breasted<br />Hornbill, Indian Grey<br />Lapwing, Red wattled<br />Barbet, Coppersmith<br />Barbet, White cheeked<br />Drongo, Black<br />Peafowl, Indian (Female)<br />Jungle Fowl<br />Drongo, Racket tailed<br />Eagle, Crested Serpent<br />Coucal, Greater<br />Hoopoe, Common<br />Wagtail, White browed<br />Dove, Emerald<br />Water hen, White breasted<br />Heron, Pond<br />Flycatcher, Tickell’s Blue<br />Flycatcher, Asian Paradise<br />Treepie - No id<br />Spotted Creeper (?) - Saw it climb a tall tree upwards!<br />Bush Lark<br />Woodpecker, Black rumped flameback<br /><s>Harrier, Pallid</s> Oriental Honey Buzzard<br />Another one similar Warbler, which had a very distinct 9-note call that went twit-ti-di-twit-ti-dee-tweet-tee-dee!<br />Another one sang like a Birthday song - in the evergreen forests <br /><p></p>Deephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08985096625603251485noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-89168050323920837022011-05-26T08:29:00.010+02:002011-05-26T09:18:29.765+02:00Ranganathittu - 16042011We were on our way to Bandipur and it was a suprise call from Balu that made us to visit Ranganathittu. With nesting season around and we were lucky to spot these..<br /><br />A loud shrill call made us to look up and a crested serpent eagle was sitting up there. The boat man told us there was a nest around and he took us nearby. There was another one sitting in the nest, probably there were chiks inside. We kept watching that for a few minutes expecting some chicks, but it didn't move a bit.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJgxO1kVo-9vne2LLr1WyZ-8x8P-zp9W8gFu-QvnGxJPO2-10olY9Oim3IsSGlE31PqOXDoo02GRN0DXevtE96qKZi_dait9t1qL7H8pvEGCoH1_dQGvzCGwiHp220buR7RJKXG7iKKc/s1600/Crested+Serpent+Eagle+Nest.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610909181516625570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJgxO1kVo-9vne2LLr1WyZ-8x8P-zp9W8gFu-QvnGxJPO2-10olY9Oim3IsSGlE31PqOXDoo02GRN0DXevtE96qKZi_dait9t1qL7H8pvEGCoH1_dQGvzCGwiHp220buR7RJKXG7iKKc/s400/Crested+Serpent+Eagle+Nest.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Further down, these Streak Throated Swallows had made their nest, and were moving around in unison. Further reading pointed that, these swallows build colonial nests like a honeycomb with mud. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7v2ytoke7cJNiVyeGwz7s1lSwhHsIzlrVE5WSk-GfCWWmq_MWf9rHz5xkaGnjtLKhBIpzQVoH8JH_aZe8GFQo07I7-nGEh_xnJNZHQ3bJIKvdTVjwteSiQr25NRoTeNEUPE650Lft9J4/s1600/Streak+throated+Swallows+nest.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610909172159960402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7v2ytoke7cJNiVyeGwz7s1lSwhHsIzlrVE5WSk-GfCWWmq_MWf9rHz5xkaGnjtLKhBIpzQVoH8JH_aZe8GFQo07I7-nGEh_xnJNZHQ3bJIKvdTVjwteSiQr25NRoTeNEUPE650Lft9J4/s400/Streak+throated+Swallows+nest.jpg" /></a><br /><br />This pond heron in breeding plummage was sitting pretty... <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb95ml5m3svjtVzhtsb20EvNzb8KoBnstxqTqCKWvV1p0Qvx9_MwXRr_j_8dABUUZgCicEo097cBbeZmikD-RPMr6ED72kZ9TykPwSrNqRN0-RLK9SQpaBn7Je4cQuS_bNfBl_XNv1Vno/s1600/Indian+Pond+Heron+IMG_3516.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 288px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610910138945697938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb95ml5m3svjtVzhtsb20EvNzb8KoBnstxqTqCKWvV1p0Qvx9_MwXRr_j_8dABUUZgCicEo097cBbeZmikD-RPMr6ED72kZ9TykPwSrNqRN0-RLK9SQpaBn7Je4cQuS_bNfBl_XNv1Vno/s400/Indian+Pond+Heron+IMG_3516.JPG" /></a><br /><br />So was this Spot Billed Pelican family...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ukm30o6erKUsae_s9RhElMADbjOLTW_FEcvwN-vbrHrh2jysaYMB4wy1hGxf_ZipId9mRB0B0pUK95UrZFcZNlMlM4mSQYcsoVf9WlvlITp21HEjrb4D_ojpl68HAYih9dyO6xKt_-c/s1600/Pelican+Family+IMG_3512.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610910137152147026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ukm30o6erKUsae_s9RhElMADbjOLTW_FEcvwN-vbrHrh2jysaYMB4wy1hGxf_ZipId9mRB0B0pUK95UrZFcZNlMlM4mSQYcsoVf9WlvlITp21HEjrb4D_ojpl68HAYih9dyO6xKt_-c/s400/Pelican+Family+IMG_3512.JPG" /></a><br /><br />and there was this Black Crowned Night Heron.. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4AzMCPTLrQMoH_OZQIL64q69MeKDDZYAZ0Ykzj00JOs4mO1-2t10IG62sJ7I23z6B7rk9lOvDse6PHXQLmCx4LjY1qy2ImYLtE8BIxs3ndyRWz2rg9UvGw8xOBcTkI6S1Gv9AUeDDvWs/s1600/Black+Crowned+Night+Heron+IMG_3503.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 287px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610910133294110578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4AzMCPTLrQMoH_OZQIL64q69MeKDDZYAZ0Ykzj00JOs4mO1-2t10IG62sJ7I23z6B7rk9lOvDse6PHXQLmCx4LjY1qy2ImYLtE8BIxs3ndyRWz2rg9UvGw8xOBcTkI6S1Gv9AUeDDvWs/s400/Black+Crowned+Night+Heron+IMG_3503.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Got to know, why a Spoon Bill is named as Spoon bill :-)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgizB0TDt2o6gXMGz-4aVTIdt1iXwywu3qD88QOhyLwK-I_DxK3rKfOQvtdb_9c7TgR_rPa3nzzINc9DN7B-9WYOb-EvqCQSVDWdGIgCtU2otyemlk8SPx25h8nbA_6gO7e5FK4YPFllrE/s1600/Spoon+Bill+IMG_3525.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610909199603257090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgizB0TDt2o6gXMGz-4aVTIdt1iXwywu3qD88QOhyLwK-I_DxK3rKfOQvtdb_9c7TgR_rPa3nzzINc9DN7B-9WYOb-EvqCQSVDWdGIgCtU2otyemlk8SPx25h8nbA_6gO7e5FK4YPFllrE/s400/Spoon+Bill+IMG_3525.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Painted Storks were in plenty and doing acrobatics<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_8PTjN7LFI3C3gijIe8wDUuZ73q-aq7J2ghYbUb9i0RJMGquYfEWK6CiuuZ05U84Ni4IQGJIL2wKS_LwZzym7xx0ioKr4mlxqwTV28l6ge1YNzqa5r_i3LJAxM4GQpW2NP4dgVorz6o/s1600/Painted+Stork+IMG_3430.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 285px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610909189371833298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_8PTjN7LFI3C3gijIe8wDUuZ73q-aq7J2ghYbUb9i0RJMGquYfEWK6CiuuZ05U84Ni4IQGJIL2wKS_LwZzym7xx0ioKr4mlxqwTV28l6ge1YNzqa5r_i3LJAxM4GQpW2NP4dgVorz6o/s400/Painted+Stork+IMG_3430.JPG" /></a><br /><br />and this Open billed Stork, Posed for a good shot with its open bill clearly visible.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQr8meA1bsV7AVKzGCpqSNu5wQ9bnIlXNm4xOU1HlLKTAc0m3EI6Y4C_BCdxhAUdOYVVn0AAAqCuYsKvJRAXkBicy1sz2VPzMgDt38X-8WfxUS9nCIuDJ-72sAoXpwmpdbtgDKfuUhg0/s1600/Open+Billed+Stork+IMG_3414.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610909188597431954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQr8meA1bsV7AVKzGCpqSNu5wQ9bnIlXNm4xOU1HlLKTAc0m3EI6Y4C_BCdxhAUdOYVVn0AAAqCuYsKvJRAXkBicy1sz2VPzMgDt38X-8WfxUS9nCIuDJ-72sAoXpwmpdbtgDKfuUhg0/s400/Open+Billed+Stork+IMG_3414.JPG" /></a>Sumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11516678367083112428noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-77397440842475255752011-05-09T12:09:00.000+02:002011-05-09T13:03:57.428+02:00Around Hampi, Kamalapur and Daroji<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">After more than four months from the trip to Hampi, here comes a post on it along with some pictures. Apologies to those who we kept waiting for this long....</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The 3 day trip in the end of December was an amazing one, with a pretty decent list of birds, for us beginners. What was satisfying was that this time I religiously maintained notes during all the three days while birding. As always, we spent more time with the nature than with the monuments and ruins :) There were birds almost everywhere - in and around the ruins, on the road sides, Kamalapur, the JLR property (we didn’t stay there but visited there and went on the nature walk with them), the road next to the canal, leading to Daroji....</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"></p><div style="text-align: justify;">This White throated Kingfisher in one of the ruins site let us go very very near to it - up to almost 8-10 feet! Every time I see it, I am awed by the beautiful, vibrant colors it is made of!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFLa0lPkUAxVsef6EgH57GQHVGcZ-cX9mE9grum83v9d4dlgzUlgCycK94udLCaj2nLWLnAK4cNrjxvI9wUTTcjbEneLoUK_8mR7IyCKh9mydTvbxZluP66MeVWE-gf6NPbt7ZRzjX9gM/s1600/White+Throated+Kingfisher+IMG_1876.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604287219678043634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFLa0lPkUAxVsef6EgH57GQHVGcZ-cX9mE9grum83v9d4dlgzUlgCycK94udLCaj2nLWLnAK4cNrjxvI9wUTTcjbEneLoUK_8mR7IyCKh9mydTvbxZluP66MeVWE-gf6NPbt7ZRzjX9gM/s400/White+Throated+Kingfisher+IMG_1876.JPG"></a><p></p><div><br /></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1">Rose ringed Parakeets were in huge number<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwsWyph4liWHxEd93APAqqdnCLwdyjcDD9F21Dr-hsCxwMbjsxHcvzvRaXgX1hGC1r-3wjfAGMtDHzNYc96BzAaNd3lc_wJhYqRxuoOBqJ_xVTYIZfP0b7RFMpIPpTDPYdEGz3hqy8Bk/s1600/Rose+Ringed+Parakeet+IMG_1948.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604286681087635474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwsWyph4liWHxEd93APAqqdnCLwdyjcDD9F21Dr-hsCxwMbjsxHcvzvRaXgX1hGC1r-3wjfAGMtDHzNYc96BzAaNd3lc_wJhYqRxuoOBqJ_xVTYIZfP0b7RFMpIPpTDPYdEGz3hqy8Bk/s400/Rose+Ringed+Parakeet+IMG_1948.JPG"></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1">So were <st1:place st="on">Plum</st1:place> headed Parakeets; watched a huge group for a long time.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidWW-g1TmsmsQKadS5BtbyD-wLUAbpNyKZ-9C6A_59bfV49QT6drJRr_a8SduLh3YNxbFpg6uXkmk7EVwFz9l8bgkbBXSixsPp4O7KU9vrr2S2xI8W9OOsTXDhwL8TDwHO4dRaTG7umj0/s1600/Plum+Headed+Parakeet+IMG_1823.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 308px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604286676538117826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidWW-g1TmsmsQKadS5BtbyD-wLUAbpNyKZ-9C6A_59bfV49QT6drJRr_a8SduLh3YNxbFpg6uXkmk7EVwFz9l8bgkbBXSixsPp4O7KU9vrr2S2xI8W9OOsTXDhwL8TDwHO4dRaTG7umj0/s400/Plum+Headed+Parakeet+IMG_1823.JPG"></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"></p><div style="text-align: justify;">Saw the Pied Kingfisher for the first time. It’s amazing to watch it fishing. It eyes on its prey in water at almost 20-30 feet above the surface of water and stops mid air at the same point by continuously flapping its wings. And at a suitable point in time, sometimes after about half a minute of staying at the same point in mid-air, it dives down straight into the water - as if it fell off losing gravity. And in the next moment, comes out flying, if lucky, with a fish in its beak! We were lucky to witness the whole drama many times during those three days.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygLFRaPVDy_E8bAsi9nNm4KLE_zTOVUDf3kw7uVXqOxhRiO0uK_LYvhbJUHrtDfsKgxBJlGo5wHkoDKSfMN-WZ8R7VRwYYmjcP86gzM_9DgA3AY_qXFUbzi2gI5wBAZkffwXJSmCjTNI/s1600/Pied+Kingfisher+IMG_2132.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 307px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604294053855777394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygLFRaPVDy_E8bAsi9nNm4KLE_zTOVUDf3kw7uVXqOxhRiO0uK_LYvhbJUHrtDfsKgxBJlGo5wHkoDKSfMN-WZ8R7VRwYYmjcP86gzM_9DgA3AY_qXFUbzi2gI5wBAZkffwXJSmCjTNI/s400/Pied+Kingfisher+IMG_2132.JPG"></a><p></p><div><br /></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1">Spotted Owlets were pretty common too, mostly near the ruins, staring straight back at us!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUz3IWRC3xlqhEglLBCGAaPFkZPRu9RSlCPrOI2oh-DbOK8hO_1gU7-KLpsGt9Qk8jHp_iT9dmrrhWYusOFqdrfJAHvmh9MTu_7n757GPvZsXeW8Nz8TvuIwYmxJujllguY9LOwpI1Ps/s1600/Spotted+owlet+IMG_2239.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 284px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604287221077042978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUz3IWRC3xlqhEglLBCGAaPFkZPRu9RSlCPrOI2oh-DbOK8hO_1gU7-KLpsGt9Qk8jHp_iT9dmrrhWYusOFqdrfJAHvmh9MTu_7n757GPvZsXeW8Nz8TvuIwYmxJujllguY9LOwpI1Ps/s400/Spotted+owlet+IMG_2239.JPG"></a></p></div><div>Yellow Wattled lapwings were in groups on the stream side<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGwyl5dJCnUDo4roNyda0VzgDuIzh_5CYqjABhuFOjd5WleY-c7_s5tJDRfGu7uxGhJaaiN2Y-frnktGJymtCPW_bee9HoxNZmQJSC9TD3VyAgMyWwVCxgBYXkfyyqMjxVQDN-jtM4So/s1600/Yellow+Wattled+Lapwing+IMG_2071.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 284px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604289994597142306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGwyl5dJCnUDo4roNyda0VzgDuIzh_5CYqjABhuFOjd5WleY-c7_s5tJDRfGu7uxGhJaaiN2Y-frnktGJymtCPW_bee9HoxNZmQJSC9TD3VyAgMyWwVCxgBYXkfyyqMjxVQDN-jtM4So/s400/Yellow+Wattled+Lapwing+IMG_2071.JPG"></a><br />So were these tiny Ashy Crowned Sparrow Larks<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnv8WrLm6uRNVJx91fdIC_hRlir-vIZ3O_GwXvOuC6xzny_ywAkOOimMnJOQsSiKO6FwQPsEQAdcuvL5FE8mk9lT8FrWmYg2e-GwODOxc0xsBjHiBm-POJhSG602k46qsuDWbtsD-YL6s/s1600/Sparrow+Lark+IMG_2057.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604287214176648674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnv8WrLm6uRNVJx91fdIC_hRlir-vIZ3O_GwXvOuC6xzny_ywAkOOimMnJOQsSiKO6FwQPsEQAdcuvL5FE8mk9lT8FrWmYg2e-GwODOxc0xsBjHiBm-POJhSG602k46qsuDWbtsD-YL6s/s400/Sparrow+Lark+IMG_2057.JPG"></a><br />This Green Bee Eater gave a pretty close access for a long time<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Ilsr6My2th4mYZGej1LvwPdMwVxY9ZOCaI_nMV2gsuskRYWxbcz3khyphenhyphen_atjJmRmvKgTD4goGhuSdHMOtYmnXk97cdcCeL6djLeU0KbJPJ2ooCOGHT4U3jTPO1TYLtxQ8IWH8YVyTtEk/s1600/Small+Green+Bee+Eater+IMG_2131.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604287211104895810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Ilsr6My2th4mYZGej1LvwPdMwVxY9ZOCaI_nMV2gsuskRYWxbcz3khyphenhyphen_atjJmRmvKgTD4goGhuSdHMOtYmnXk97cdcCeL6djLeU0KbJPJ2ooCOGHT4U3jTPO1TYLtxQ8IWH8YVyTtEk/s400/Small+Green+Bee+Eater+IMG_2131.JPG"></a><br /></div><div>So did this Rufous Tailed Lark (Please correct if we're wrong in Id) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-e1CjyBWyH6dRSEYVbF60YHwADbfISpSeiNoz1XNnumNI_lPgw-Oj8ns0iBL-1E_wBQk_dsy4SuvHQYboCFMmYmjrob4Ug_p3_IzD1G_tTrA7iIgG6FvCLoMm9vKnDH12PXQ2__j8nE/s1600/Rufous+tailed+lark+IMG_1916.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 286px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604286685763716834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-e1CjyBWyH6dRSEYVbF60YHwADbfISpSeiNoz1XNnumNI_lPgw-Oj8ns0iBL-1E_wBQk_dsy4SuvHQYboCFMmYmjrob4Ug_p3_IzD1G_tTrA7iIgG6FvCLoMm9vKnDH12PXQ2__j8nE/s400/Rufous+tailed+lark+IMG_1916.JPG"></a><br />This Little Cormorant also stayed still for a long time<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPlFb8dgBSJT6Q4_MWkVMauFbBKJ-U7aW6hVZtG2-t-ijA2Oo-FF1zFc8KL37m7tmu3KGtG0a56OnvlFFRlRy7VhsBFTTI0IiBOplLV9KBDVjJo2mdF3o-nCpTfarfYCuwAodXqKOIFVk/s1600/Little+Cormorant+IMG_1866.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 288px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604285964030552258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPlFb8dgBSJT6Q4_MWkVMauFbBKJ-U7aW6hVZtG2-t-ijA2Oo-FF1zFc8KL37m7tmu3KGtG0a56OnvlFFRlRy7VhsBFTTI0IiBOplLV9KBDVjJo2mdF3o-nCpTfarfYCuwAodXqKOIFVk/s400/Little+Cormorant+IMG_1866.JPG"></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Some of the other birds we managed to click....</div><div>The cattle Egrets who had a meeting by the stream side<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0j8bjQ0piz8pZDwNOojKYCGlcO1NKtA2bffFee65-7iLIGac1JGPaRoUCDUV2un8IEQQTrWl2kJ_AA590DYw69ppngPgrKXSkh-ZuG6phLNXwJQ2LqUPBbMkcxMe3bOr8_8Lwrxt7m-k/s1600/Cattle+Egrent+and+Little+Egret+IMG_2099.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604285954609983026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0j8bjQ0piz8pZDwNOojKYCGlcO1NKtA2bffFee65-7iLIGac1JGPaRoUCDUV2un8IEQQTrWl2kJ_AA590DYw69ppngPgrKXSkh-ZuG6phLNXwJQ2LqUPBbMkcxMe3bOr8_8Lwrxt7m-k/s400/Cattle+Egrent+and+Little+Egret+IMG_2099.JPG"></a><br />Yellow Wagtail<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlJ1D85gYMNGggJ8YGB2jqhG-gObZxg6tgBwUe0XlQ3EdfW-0tKRnLBs6oLGBjoiV6IHWyoJPNrdxiVfXKLVoXSC1YyH0tNoWkaUJUG0DELIdT5U9tKDh5B-T5TSo2zEa9JUIQvMTzfU/s1600/Yellow+wagtail+IMG_1930.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 286px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604289994642757634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlJ1D85gYMNGggJ8YGB2jqhG-gObZxg6tgBwUe0XlQ3EdfW-0tKRnLBs6oLGBjoiV6IHWyoJPNrdxiVfXKLVoXSC1YyH0tNoWkaUJUG0DELIdT5U9tKDh5B-T5TSo2zEa9JUIQvMTzfU/s400/Yellow+wagtail+IMG_1930.JPG"></a><br /><br />White Wagtail<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMo_QsgimCFV9cM-tciPHF2vtnaMpHy0mFY6NC5S9ai7gDG45oLVbByBDrntYNlXms9BjoEnW9MDHr9E44WXhEZ5tWdtlmvkbXLGDjHlOQF7nUVvpA5DUeZd_LK_m-rEWuA_JCuwOJIY/s1600/White+Wagtail+IMG_1760.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 309px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604289988278251314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMo_QsgimCFV9cM-tciPHF2vtnaMpHy0mFY6NC5S9ai7gDG45oLVbByBDrntYNlXms9BjoEnW9MDHr9E44WXhEZ5tWdtlmvkbXLGDjHlOQF7nUVvpA5DUeZd_LK_m-rEWuA_JCuwOJIY/s400/White+Wagtail+IMG_1760.JPG"></a><br /><br />Common Sandpiper<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IvuJMIjlJbkoqKcD75HExY-fKeedWMkRQtNhG7ZLB-H5kwJ-sB2Ffh99cA6EENw21HPOCnEYwlCoKd3GgS-HSsVGlA154fO_AZ-O4dBl0JtK1UUMf-FB9h7DTjTWAr06d4dzqI6oALo/s1600/Sand+Piper+IMG_2110.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604287206272655506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IvuJMIjlJbkoqKcD75HExY-fKeedWMkRQtNhG7ZLB-H5kwJ-sB2Ffh99cA6EENw21HPOCnEYwlCoKd3GgS-HSsVGlA154fO_AZ-O4dBl0JtK1UUMf-FB9h7DTjTWAr06d4dzqI6oALo/s400/Sand+Piper+IMG_2110.JPG"></a><br /><br />Rufous Backed Shrike<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRMRKqtGKF8SuR8WwBRwE1YQhLUxq3f-g_QC7IvH8760APlYLkQ2-oKBAe-wz08vtP1D2T5LBEqfVzA5scN1bQ9VMdjoqKDOHo-SKGLHE5hK0nwphx_0vQKnam5uGVpUyfAGxwM_jF9W0/s1600/Rufous+backed+Shrike+IMG_2113.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 284px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604286680951202770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRMRKqtGKF8SuR8WwBRwE1YQhLUxq3f-g_QC7IvH8760APlYLkQ2-oKBAe-wz08vtP1D2T5LBEqfVzA5scN1bQ9VMdjoqKDOHo-SKGLHE5hK0nwphx_0vQKnam5uGVpUyfAGxwM_jF9W0/s400/Rufous+backed+Shrike+IMG_2113.JPG"></a><br /><br />A Common Kingfisher (has not been so common at least to us!)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicjfgo5YNjwcU_FmZHgRKejQump75LOuoDt3lep-sbfJUOPy_HDjYDeeZrp34PvdcDNq-HCD-jPjigagGws2WlD_gSMJ1drLMfgQp2gGgaYlBB5GYiQfPEBjlWkyZYcsoJBpVHgPMYxPk/s1600/Common+Kingfisher+IMG_1995.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 284px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604285962885537714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicjfgo5YNjwcU_FmZHgRKejQump75LOuoDt3lep-sbfJUOPy_HDjYDeeZrp34PvdcDNq-HCD-jPjigagGws2WlD_gSMJ1drLMfgQp2gGgaYlBB5GYiQfPEBjlWkyZYcsoJBpVHgPMYxPk/s400/Common+Kingfisher+IMG_1995.JPG"></a><br /><br />This Pallid Harrier (Juvenile)? gave us a short glimpse before it flew off<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9CA4tL0gHk1ief6pOvT5d0o6YoFEo8n25hlJRhRX6iLVcjvM35gxSDKjKTvkATEoALPt72nyDBJDZlpwxLZd5CzPD4b57slciyVboXjrXoiEVSfPlCYHZBqcIugkJ_1HEY8N3R8aNlE/s1600/Pallid+Harrier+IMG_2104.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604286675272139602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9CA4tL0gHk1ief6pOvT5d0o6YoFEo8n25hlJRhRX6iLVcjvM35gxSDKjKTvkATEoALPt72nyDBJDZlpwxLZd5CzPD4b57slciyVboXjrXoiEVSfPlCYHZBqcIugkJ_1HEY8N3R8aNlE/s400/Pallid+Harrier+IMG_2104.JPG"></a><br /><br />Brahminy Starling<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ca4JFwQw0pazyYw7uOiK1r9RGXoYeqdVQ2Ulb5W5YAQv37g6uX7sRwlB8IgGYWgmNW9p8REOsc9xiUlVHY210cv0u86xobF2hTXCffahZMRAT-0VU4IRPbIahjBmFGOM0AaOEyJxiqY/s1600/Brahminey+Starling+IMG_2051.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604285952867728370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ca4JFwQw0pazyYw7uOiK1r9RGXoYeqdVQ2Ulb5W5YAQv37g6uX7sRwlB8IgGYWgmNW9p8REOsc9xiUlVHY210cv0u86xobF2hTXCffahZMRAT-0VU4IRPbIahjBmFGOM0AaOEyJxiqY/s400/Brahminey+Starling+IMG_2051.JPG"></a><br /><br />Blue Rock Thrush ?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithT1QzZF_WrX3y72BIxR5AvvQoePiLQtYuHJIdvytc5orc_TairB8EQ1adHZn6hEwxLYOuhSD9P7hL920UK1KACLWxd9BRmHbLNPgzHJA1bqc-mFZcuFrpo_j3AXHfvPBtQYrNoJ4QqU/s1600/Blue+Rock+Thrush_IMG_1850.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604285948947518594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithT1QzZF_WrX3y72BIxR5AvvQoePiLQtYuHJIdvytc5orc_TairB8EQ1adHZn6hEwxLYOuhSD9P7hL920UK1KACLWxd9BRmHbLNPgzHJA1bqc-mFZcuFrpo_j3AXHfvPBtQYrNoJ4QqU/s400/Blue+Rock+Thrush_IMG_1850.JPG"></a><br />Here's the complete list of birds we managed to note:</div><div><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div><b><u>Hampi - Around the monuments and ruins</u></b></div><div>Kingfisher, White throated</div><div>Sparrow, House</div><div>Bulbul, Red vented</div><div>Egret, Cattle</div><div>Wagtail, White Browed</div><div>Wagtail, Yellow</div><div>Parakeet, Rose Ringed</div><div>Dove, Laughing</div><div>Hornbill, Grey</div><div>Bee Eater, Green</div><div>Parakeet, Plum headed</div><div>Hoopoe, Common</div><div>Owlet, Spotted</div><div>Robin, Indian</div><div>Barbet, Coppersmith</div><div>Cormorant, Little</div><div>Egret, Large</div><div>Sparrow-Lark, Ashy Crowned</div><div>Cormorant, Little</div><div>Tern, River</div><div>Shikra</div><div>Kingfisher, Pied</div><div><br /></div><div><u><b>Around JLR, Kamalapur and way to Daroji</b></u></div><div>Common Pochard</div><div>Sparrow-Lark, Ashy Crowned</div><div>Cormorant, Great</div><div>Tern, River</div><div>Kingfisher, Pied<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>Lapwing, Red Wattled</div><div>Sandpiper, Common</div><div>Kingfisher, Small Blue</div><div>Starling, Brahminy</div><div>Francolin, Grey</div><div>Sunbird, Loten’s</div><div>Coucal, Greater</div><div>A Warbler, making very loud, shrill calls.. Could not id it </div><div>Shikra</div><div>Wagtail, White</div><div>Lapwing, Yellow wattled</div><div>Koel, Asian</div><div>Swallow, Wire tailed</div><div>Bushchat, Pied</div><div>Weaver, Baya</div><div>Pallid Harrier</div><div><br /></div><div>As always, please do correct us if we've wrongly Id'ed some bird.</div><div><br /></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Sumana & Deepak.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Deephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08985096625603251485noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-41115666866784037722011-01-28T15:58:00.004+01:002011-02-09T16:50:52.810+01:00Birding around Chitradurga Fort, Vani Vilasa Saagara, Shanti Saagara<div align="justify">Chitradurga was a pit stop for us during our journey to Hampi. Fort and a few other places offered us a great opportunity for birding as well and we had a superb start at Vanivilas Sagar (or Marikanive). We began by spotting a few Egyptian Vultures.<br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 257px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567270814189069778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0xzjO-FM-0zTZGwGu1vFuXMMh5vmCvTOskfsXYOYevcncodcbK0s-OvJklkl-5VxrrIx2qVHZ4m0Sb0mKwWsR37k9CvK2Smi_HpDqU37L0ZB953nG-uUaF-LVpSTtQX30L8qnbK2eyGY/s400/Egyptian+Vulture+IMG_1600.JPG" /><br /><strong><u>About Places </u></strong><br /><strong>Vaani Vilasa Saagara(Mari Kanive)</strong>: Around 20 Kms from Hiriyur, on NH4 highway. Vaani Vilasa Saagara is a reservoir built during Mysore Maharaja’s period. We reached here at around 10 and had a few sightings, I am sure if we could have managed a bit early, we could have had a great day. Nevertheless, Egyptian vultures made the day for us.<br />Laughing doves were in huge numbers and they were laughing quite a bit at us!<br /><strong><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 297px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567270817315019170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgziOJcr1LZ8H-TB1tsSApHNIROFE4I34og96XfRhvbXs-FXrJqvbG34d2xYaQEwjsJG86kJfsXgDnKuNpTMQLSZYmoWGqHONRMN-9DeeFvjN4lkYS18EaDo6oHNtbLIExuMxynobwq6JQ/s400/Laughing+Dove+IMG_1713.JPG" />Chitradurga Fort</strong>: Fort offers a lot of opportunity for birding, but unfortunately we took a guide with us, who was more of a nuisance and kept on reminding us not to look at the Spotted Owlet as it was considered a bad omen. Anyway, Sum and I kept ignoring him and were gazing at the Owlet in awe, when he was explaining about the history of the fort!<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 308px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567270820248409506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5NgVRLudBAYOZ3APc2p66Ymf2B6r-zi4O5k_ZCziik8alR3jaITBqZbwOtr0ujvdMYugnXeGYVVM2TvgkOTF3vSHkntVI4K58ZQxALr6-5PqD-9fDal1xdoewrSUBeG1h8tV_9jWDm_g/s400/Spotted+Owlet+IMG_1698.JPG" /> Fort definitely needs another few visits dedicated to birding.<br /><strong>Shanti Saagara (SuleKere)</strong>: Around 35 Kms from Davanagere, second largest lake in Asia, didn’t offer us much except on our way to the lake.<br />Silhoutte of a Black Ibis - Couldn't take a good shot due to the unfriendly light.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567270812239921906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9_sWN9MneF3ERD6XXzhg4HPIwvhHxyHw-L7GJhueIq4TtMvgtehU7pIljjUzQ6cq7sjgKG9dVt4PJSrzQRJs2_IYdOEYw34f3ImaDjK1X_I-oJ0D1Uj-o0H8A_9G1ZBbwbqHJm2SGAvo/s400/Black+Ibis+IMG_2406.JPG" /><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><u>Bird List </u></strong><br />Kite, Black<br />Myna, Common<br />Bushchat, Pied<br />Egret, Cattle<br />Egret, Little<br />Pond Heron, Indian<br />Parakeet, Rose Ringed<br />Hoopoe, Common<br />Dove, Eurasian Collared<br />Kingfisher, White Throated<br />Bee eater, Green<br />Drongo, Black<br />Egret, Median<br />Swift, House<br />Dove, Laughing<br />Bulbul, Red Vented (there was not a single Red Whiskered Bulbul in the entire trip!)<br />Swallow<br />Vulture, Egyptian<br />Kite, Black Shouldered<br />Wagtail, White Browed<br />Treepie<br />Robin, Indian<br />Babbler, Jungle<br />Dove, Spotted<br />Sunbird, Loten’s<br />Owlet, Spotted</p><p>A short-toed Snake Eagle. Thanks Prashanth for helping us to id this.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjic9X4OlF1LYjPd9sKmAduOkc1TAxPBAICVVMjetuuQdUxr4Zzbftj-o9PAVAPw8K90i6GPx4tO0eMUG22PNBDlUsMimZIF8Ce9wZE-b_4btvbQthdRa8bGYNyYjBA5GRBJxelim60tU/s1600/Short+Toed+Snake+Eagle+IMG_2416.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 283px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571717367413340066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjic9X4OlF1LYjPd9sKmAduOkc1TAxPBAICVVMjetuuQdUxr4Zzbftj-o9PAVAPw8K90i6GPx4tO0eMUG22PNBDlUsMimZIF8Ce9wZE-b_4btvbQthdRa8bGYNyYjBA5GRBJxelim60tU/s400/Short+Toed+Snake+Eagle+IMG_2416.JPG" /></a>Deephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08985096625603251485noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-53627317171896738522011-01-04T16:06:00.013+01:002011-01-12T06:07:10.740+01:00Visitors from across Himalayas - Bar headed Geese at Magadi Tank<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpSByIMBjTyoq3LU0fYWbQDhHYnaA7JjBYY8iQ1qYGU0Dppvhux8KknE6Xtn4kuk-2-BxIRzFN_rlgBTFFP67HgIzRdu2QUaXVTvG0pVRC0oxTU_giKPmju0aQims8jhU8qwWy0jwWPA/s1600/Bar+Headed+Geese_IMG_2324.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558354274862811490" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 285px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpSByIMBjTyoq3LU0fYWbQDhHYnaA7JjBYY8iQ1qYGU0Dppvhux8KknE6Xtn4kuk-2-BxIRzFN_rlgBTFFP67HgIzRdu2QUaXVTvG0pVRC0oxTU_giKPmju0aQims8jhU8qwWy0jwWPA/s400/Bar+Headed+Geese_IMG_2324.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />My car pool partner, who is infected with my birding habits, drew my attention towards an article before our X’mas vacation, published in Prajavani and Deccan herald about 2000 odd Mangolian beauties flocking at Magadi lake near Gadag. Since we were heading that direction for the vacation, we went ahead a hundred more kilometers to have a look at these myriad Bar Headed Geese.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1MmZ394mNj-IThfZlOn-rH41SXXbq4GCTMoiVTJHQtmXePNcPd0KfqXFMI58qk9eItxLzeOA7wWwvXFskX8GOAcQBF2KXslykkhz70x6RKQaOLMYXZMpiSM35Cf5Z1HCIPGeGgkBCSc/s1600/Magadi+Tank_IMG_2288.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558354292172478114" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1MmZ394mNj-IThfZlOn-rH41SXXbq4GCTMoiVTJHQtmXePNcPd0KfqXFMI58qk9eItxLzeOA7wWwvXFskX8GOAcQBF2KXslykkhz70x6RKQaOLMYXZMpiSM35Cf5Z1HCIPGeGgkBCSc/s400/Magadi+Tank_IMG_2288.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Having done some research about the place, we also read that geese headout for food during morning and return to the lake only after 11AM, we decided to go by evening and we reached around 4.30 PM. The whole lake was abuzz with geese and I must say a couple of hours flew by as we kept watching them. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmObbAqHoMw2LLuOg2-71jekS8dmy4nqy3FfSUymcclHxGcFasEBSZgIyU3tctQoFQEjz-EHrIlz1_Kh4JBamwqQvsIAfNhFD9GVld0imQvSzntApTa7eaw8QrpHHQV5xMqt6oy8ZpKw/s1600/Bar+Headed+Geese_IMG_2326.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558354278634762130" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmObbAqHoMw2LLuOg2-71jekS8dmy4nqy3FfSUymcclHxGcFasEBSZgIyU3tctQoFQEjz-EHrIlz1_Kh4JBamwqQvsIAfNhFD9GVld0imQvSzntApTa7eaw8QrpHHQV5xMqt6oy8ZpKw/s400/Bar+Headed+Geese_IMG_2326.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>We surely felt there were more than 2000, the whole huge lake full of these geese! The whole area was echoing the continuous loud quacks that seemed to never end! Even the Lapwings’ loud calls were blotted out.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTF_VYaH8giybARLkzGjJrZ0APZ9LO7mWEvU2cNrPV29OTj4aeLSc5PtEgB_YVImAzkDnMa2aVW4Y6EL1eQbZ2ImbDagRgci_CK70V6t7TcD7T5EKM1GeIzhfczG91ID2E79krVz0u-Hc/s1600/Bar+Headed+Geese_IMG_2333.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558354284234045730" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 287px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTF_VYaH8giybARLkzGjJrZ0APZ9LO7mWEvU2cNrPV29OTj4aeLSc5PtEgB_YVImAzkDnMa2aVW4Y6EL1eQbZ2ImbDagRgci_CK70V6t7TcD7T5EKM1GeIzhfczG91ID2E79krVz0u-Hc/s400/Bar+Headed+Geese_IMG_2333.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>As I was photographing them, a few hundred more swamped the lake making loud calls, with some really good acrobatic show. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpSByIMBjTyoq3LU0fYWbQDhHYnaA7JjBYY8iQ1qYGU0Dppvhux8KknE6Xtn4kuk-2-BxIRzFN_rlgBTFFP67HgIzRdu2QUaXVTvG0pVRC0oxTU_giKPmju0aQims8jhU8qwWy0jwWPA/s1600/Bar+Headed+Geese_IMG_2324.JPG"></a> </div><div>It was a real treat to watch them, and a hundred kms of extra drive was worth the effort to watch these migrants who have traveled a few thousand kms across Himalayas. As per my knowledge they are already here more than a month now and supposed be here for couple of more months. Go visit once, it’s definitely worth it!!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYipLk8Xo1PkuyXTlEBXQOuUdi-f__ne12UUwFZPfnxOR0WbzkSPZu90dMBgtStJFdZMnoGMKWmIUk2GlbWSMMxs4ApxKKvM2dJ5KCg6ka7cq-UGkTj7aIUdxxI-43hzXMTZGBdqABlU4/s1600/Bar+Headed+Geese_IMG_2302.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558354265653059842" style="WIDTH: 285px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYipLk8Xo1PkuyXTlEBXQOuUdi-f__ne12UUwFZPfnxOR0WbzkSPZu90dMBgtStJFdZMnoGMKWmIUk2GlbWSMMxs4ApxKKvM2dJ5KCg6ka7cq-UGkTj7aIUdxxI-43hzXMTZGBdqABlU4/s400/Bar+Headed+Geese_IMG_2302.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Bird List: There was little or no time to watch others there :P nevertheless here is the bird list.</div><div></div><ol><li>Lapwing, Red Wattled</li><li>Cormorant, Little</li><li>Moorhen, Purple</li><li>Swallow, Wire Tailed</li><li>Swallow, House</li><li>Bee Eater, Green</li><li>Dove, Eurasian Collared</li><li>Drongo, Black</li><li>Iora, Common</li><li>Coot, Common</li><li>Egret, Cattle</li><li>Shikra</li><li>Marsh Harrier, Western</li></ol><p><s>Western Marsh Harrier(??) or</s> White Eyed Buzzard (Confirmed by the experts): Posed for a long time and allowed me to capture from very close range. </p><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaQsZIvyz8TLQ66qbjpghEb1pQCEzf90bYMxTyA4DRy-w0R12IAEKBODLdyVPuuCwI6f-S5SYLT_SCm0mGFxeap9dAiL3bvkKxxLRnUCDPSEkc6eb8Szf1kLAKbwrKDdE3Jvb434Xjt0/s1600/Westeren+Marsh+Harrier_IMG_2265.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558356445090132722" style="WIDTH: 287px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaQsZIvyz8TLQ66qbjpghEb1pQCEzf90bYMxTyA4DRy-w0R12IAEKBODLdyVPuuCwI6f-S5SYLT_SCm0mGFxeap9dAiL3bvkKxxLRnUCDPSEkc6eb8Szf1kLAKbwrKDdE3Jvb434Xjt0/s400/Westeren+Marsh+Harrier_IMG_2265.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div>Shikra</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrqMN0e_L_uGS4qUP1fIveYsEUB3x8XAgm-JwCFrBRu3v0WRLbg81WlK3lvjOzCcVyc-qiMXiwVGJlcz5fsn711tUzwnzv64Bkc5Xdu-yxJJ_S3kbAx3t9X477f7n3UsH9WebjUbUrIA/s1600/Shikra_IMG_2282.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558356437903504994" style="WIDTH: 285px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrqMN0e_L_uGS4qUP1fIveYsEUB3x8XAgm-JwCFrBRu3v0WRLbg81WlK3lvjOzCcVyc-qiMXiwVGJlcz5fsn711tUzwnzv64Bkc5Xdu-yxJJ_S3kbAx3t9X477f7n3UsH9WebjUbUrIA/s400/Shikra_IMG_2282.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><br /><b>Location Information:</b><br />Magadi Kere (Tank): Magadi Tank is located in Magadi Village of Shirahatti Taluk, Gadag District. On Gadag Haveri route, its around 40 Kms from Gadag and around 60 Kms from Haveri. The lake is fenced towards the road side and there is also a 3-storied watch tower built for bird watching.<br /></div><br />Some useful links that we found while reading about Bar Headed Geese.<br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Bar-headed_Goose">http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Bar-headed_Goose</a><br /><a href="http://audubonmagazine.org/birds/birds0011.html">http://audubonmagazine.org/birds/birds0011.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/migratio/altitude.htm">http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/migratio/altitude.htm</a> </div></div></div></div></div>Deephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08985096625603251485noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-84150760835702589562011-01-01T15:13:00.003+01:002011-01-01T15:17:37.663+01:00Happy New Year-2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2bluSraaH_YUP3ozNIn5d00EpQZNaZ3CdzzI2mbK8oUe3oxTeKX9XjrZQeGGEGB2zXT_QqfgxeZ1KRYRE-kdMEg2Hslubb47NR0yZjPRA53ctcDBvUoOrKVBTfRzYiFettwevbiSNIn79/s1600/Sun+Bird_Nest_IMG_9246_1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557219562470804466" style="FLOAT: center; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 287px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2bluSraaH_YUP3ozNIn5d00EpQZNaZ3CdzzI2mbK8oUe3oxTeKX9XjrZQeGGEGB2zXT_QqfgxeZ1KRYRE-kdMEg2Hslubb47NR0yZjPRA53ctcDBvUoOrKVBTfRzYiFettwevbiSNIn79/s400/Sun+Bird_Nest_IMG_9246_1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>May all your dreams come true in 2011, Wishing you a great year ahead. The resolution is to have more birding trips this year :-) </div>Deephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08985096625603251485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-309813347743188102010-12-15T08:33:00.017+01:002010-12-16T11:34:16.050+01:00Around Mandagadde, Shimoga and Bhadravathi<div align="justify">Last weekend we had been to these areas and we did birding for 3 mornings and an evening in and around Bhadravathi and Shimoga, it was a good outing and we were able to spot hornbills(Indian grey) ourselves for first time. And this time it was a more systematic birding trip after the NTP. Here’s a bit of detail about the spots.<br /></div><br /><div align="justify">a> Around Bhadravathi: Bhadravathi to Chennagiri road, offers lots of opportunities, with Bhadra canal running across you can find lot of irrigated stretches of paddy fields and arecanut plantations. During our initial days of birding, some 6 months ago, we had come here and we were fascinated spotting Asian Paradise fly catchers. Hence decided to come back here again, and the APF didn't disappoint us. </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550924394588888514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 284px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwXTTdiTKE7BFhovZMumHHiDlVSzBmqI0Ks18XzrMt-_zzadsglEec2TqlLZeivi4nUwZ8CGbOMs5dZeVKzsltoBJk_aNkHWGKNOBIrsk_iVd_TviZwww6VZwHWx6pJeAT0sYFKTgUGw/s400/Asian+Paradise+Fly+Catcher_IMG_1192.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="justify">b>Around Shimoga: Shimoga to Theerthahalli road is another destination with lot of vegetation. Hornbills were found perched typically on roadside ficus trees. We had our stop at Sakrebyle Elephant camp and had a good time with birds. We did have a look at the upcoming JLR camp on the other side of the road, just in front of the elephant camp. The JLR camp area looks very promising. Unfortunately we couldn’t spend much time here.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550935544748990194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 284px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimY_0htBZw-xeEnMvLnDSHVmCxBYXf0lMXAmn8zIhgkSJM9LVYINIkF0wnPdJRj4Aq2rbpkCNx_OBsxcUOsCDrxsiR5Y8hzUWL-PdraZq2I9BnR8d8_GweGwE6gssCUf0l1NgmJjfOH-I/s400/Indian+Grey+Hornbill_IMG_1323.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="justify">c>Around Mandagadde: Inspite of visiting here during the off season, this didn't disappoint us. Of course there was not much of activity around the sanctuary area, but we crossed Mandagadde and stopped near a village called "Donigahalli". It is a small sanctuary surrounding a water body and not much space to walk around doing birding. However, from there we took a boat ride to another village "Muttinakoppa" and had a good birding outing there. The best time to visit this place is during the months of June to September/October during the nesting season. </div><br /><div align="justify">This Yellow footed Green (?) Pigeon, let us watch it from under the tree it was perched on for a long time.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550925018071714994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 284px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDti2oBHKeghTMynrpGpUDf26ICHkin1USIU0qJR4IoxQlWZfGhlWCpVxR1-4YmBkBJQhr8jaFAaVepzfwjBJviGyuEwPtlRnwb6WYJfOrTK041qt2TMEk9oC-8T70e_wBNbGwktnQUds/s400/Green+Pigeon+Yellow+footed_IMG_1104.JPG" border="0" /><br />Here’s are some of the shots.<br /><br />The Indian Grey Hornbills perched on a roadside ficus tree on the second day. There were 2 of them, no 3.... 4....5... and finally 6 of them on the same tree!!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550925019451973378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 286px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbCGRTI-nT8ZFycIR1ZAgyAXaaZuoikV-jWtWkwIIvzvA84fkxwJB8TGbQFnPePnxiOSACPt4TEUgPAlujULihotQ70_vY0eBZgmovk-Z4PQupewMD7A1m2tbixOTMJsJfHpL9uSQgLfg/s400/Indian+Grey+Hornbill_IMG_1011.JPG" border="0" /><br />The Brahminy Kite which posed for us for over 15 minutes<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550924413263982754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 286px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1f7oOSBFXteaZTN2oKIBUGIch2GnDCUyryS87Vxot6BbSNCT-7q2uG4Rr4QVbnwE86Lb0c-Yv3EpRB_ABAJ5-f3kUf50eUNl3K-zqCnlxmrP0aY0gMMN0AcY4m_lI78Yqd5X2_C1Oat4/s400/Brahminy+Kite_IMG_1369.JPG" border="0" />The Brown Shrike, which I initially mistook as White browed Bulbul :(<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550925004493234562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 287px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUkTk_jfGRqS_1f-DJVU9hlJ8fYtnW_YvpduDZk2-H1XA8_mUnD1I6GgEWZJCZIM_B8dRu8jR3mOH57uFXbOHd8O3YCzvwpRD5CDCSAYTLJRGp4d3YTeZEw7-r2mlxDvq_EC3swAP3qg/s400/Brown+Shrike_IMG_1080.JPG" border="0" /> Common Iora<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550925012325819266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 285px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_tVxEYhTKw4Aq4lTqN91trk88EYN9_nZuN6L_guGxiJSeHJxCHhhzVPwtT738jj2h91VLPkJLphzCWDoVMrrm1FexGyUUVIorrE40VB3zQ9WDd0UOKffYt1oPZiR-OOvhG7kCuFbWegw/s400/Common+Iora_IMG_1181.JPG" border="0" /><s>Black crowned night Heron</s>Indian Pond Heron in non breeding plumage, these were in huge numbers<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550924397435843906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 283px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5g6WO3WmwkVYlguq_U2msjV5KYOgpsAWQ2guzYSqPnwpXJHvxGhUtpm0T3zkmf4g3gZ92P6U3QHnhDOG1d3wSfXsrqxJS7YTWWUZ5vdSPfZxG7lZ88nP06VB6jihREuEWsK9hZrYkurs/s400/Black+Crowned+Night+Heron_IMG_1341.JPG" border="0" /><br />Black headed Oriole <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550924411771910834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 287px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrHhusnQ7O8QvcztOF9dT1TUn50vgaqATyqDm7s_JKJL8HE66lektiF_e6apW0rzYtfAlbu68CVNil-qO1j2WUUiJtqkgxwJwKKod0r8J5H9vlMAaJRlbsqxEurrA4htBA8fABM4tmffg/s400/Black+Headed+Oriole_IMG_1388.JPG" border="0" /> </div><br /><p>Chestnut Headed Bee Eater<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550925008544581730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 288px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6p9B-sLT7cxItspK7kRP89lVTLcmu3RyQgvucCUqzr0IdT-4SJtDLN3agGq6AYPD-13UG10iCsgvO372vc37_N8itPm0xKKXU7p-OSOCN9yQgt5dBndzT0QqTzAxv08IYmgApGREjsEI/s400/Chestnut+headed+Bee+Eater_IMG_1047.JPG" border="0" />Black Drongo<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550924400543119346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 286px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv5YswBRI45Sa6tUlkvKakpszCPrsTG3XJzVX1HN0BydvPnZfrXtc26Sbx5YOoJ3iCmNB2M_LoeHbPXZHkI19E6mc-OTt8SxEOam9-wlNBbjC1HydJSnydj5W6Eo046hG_EukXhs8Mzyo/s400/Black+Drongo_IMG_1125.JPG" border="0" /></p><p>Oriental Magpie Robin, female.... the ones here were much bolder when compared to the ones I've seen around Bangalore.</p><p align="justify"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550925345950707954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 288px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigR5yAx00OdH-yEs9VMZGEuvTf7k-PL7ZTHRhZ9U1kcJ4kWJcNSH1HxtYeF_uAsEJLOTbahAXeqFmt0je0spNIsuvBQE79gRU4wse449fytnEgOycApZbuEh-l3Di89HPvPCDaHvIdraI/s400/Oriental+Magpie+Robin_IMG_1171.JPG" border="0" /><br />Here’s the list of birds... this time around we didn’t aim at numbers, rather we did justice to whatever little we saw and confidently identified.<br /><br />Hornbill, Indian Grey<br />Hornbill Malabar Pied (We spotted a pair flying very close for a few seconds, but couldn’t capture them)<br />Egret, Cattle<br />Egret, Median<br />Egret, Little<br />Coucal, Greater<br />Ibis, Oriental White<br />Bulbul, Red Whiskered<br />Bulbul, Red vented<br />Myna, Jungle<br />Kingfisher, White throated<br />Kingfisher, Common<br />Wagtail, White browed<br />Bee eater, Little<br />Bee eater, Chestnut headed<br />Swift, House </br>Swallow, Wire tailed<br />Heron, Grey<br />Drongo, Black<br />Pigeon, Yellow-legged Green<br />Kite, Brahminy<br />Kite, Black<br />Crows, House, Jungle, Large-billed<br />Parakeet, Rose ringed<br />Pigeon, Blue rock<br />Dove, Spotted<br />Dove, brown<br />Bushchat, Pied<br />Indian Roller<br />Cormorant, Large<br />Cormorant, Little<br />Iora, Common<br />Oriole, Black headed<br />Shrike, Brown<br />Robin, Oriental Magpie<br />Fantail, Couldn't Id which one<br />Peafowl, Indian<br />Flycatcher, Asian Paradise<br />Lapwing, Red-wattled<br />Pond Heron, Indian<br />And heard Coppersmith Barbets and White cheeked Barbets<br /><s>And this one we could not Id... It was perched quite far off, I felt the size was Bulbul+, we debated between Yellow Browed bulbul, White headed babbler, but feel it is neither now.... </s></br> As per the experts, it is a Golden Oriole, female<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550938940289623954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 287px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrAOBQYJ9rtTEEsuaGNdJd9I9lJ3hZQX8zd2qJAQEMczMUtO4JtAu0tj1xOhErXG4Q8lYDuzhvnC-yAnhTg8ienGmsrnjLhu8tAMgV2j8Im4iBgdHvFEGnMA6c2tjRn60tT-SiBlWkrM/s400/Unknown_IMG_1408.JPG" border="0" />And there were many more little birds and some big ones like eagles/harriers that we couldn’t Id, in spite of following the systematic process. May be we need some more time :). And I still don’t have a pair of binocs :(, but as the guru-ji says that’s not stopping us from birding :)<br /><br /></p>Sumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11516678367083112428noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-37012446450165621242010-12-03T07:13:00.030+01:002011-01-18T05:49:18.119+01:00Birding around Dechu : RajasthanHaving spent a good time at Khuri, it was time for another outing with birds this time around the <a href="http://www.manvar.com/">Manvar </a>resort where we stayed. Religiously we spent our early mornings and evenings in birding. After knowing our interest in birding, our driver ChandaRam, enthusiastically stopped the jeep whereever he spotted one, and explained us with lot of local details about the bird. I wish we could have followed the way it was taught to us in NTP, nI just have go back to photos to id the birds. A good lesson learnt, better late than never!<br /><br />Black Shouldered Kite<br /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546337487547047954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 321px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9hHFGK65LQmrDY1w6MtwiEdoaY7hyad7k-Aj0TJDTOjxGRRwLPMfUrXBEwKeC4BrM0Kp0XcE8mDQVS8VqM5O1Nct3DLXzgvKsY7oB2nP00raKoaqaYIbsnQ-dHZHh_kxdTl1pFhkfn0/s400/Black+Shouldered+Kite_IMG_0471.JPG" border="0" /><br />Common Raven, locals believe that, if this bird enters a house during Deepavali, it is considered as good omen and its believed that the house will be blessed with lot of fortune :-)<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546337494263129906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9p1uL2a9yopIPYcTgYCLgk26gnPK0Dqsq-18205cAikMC29jxH8I174sKHwkKVw3HF9XV4BQNmacdUVD9RiZmSGqtYreqxL8trX89lEEpCjNupZg1V1lLq9v9ucZ4CDwvzaVTL0y6GtE/s400/Common+Raven_IMG_0473.JPG" border="0" />Little Brown Dove<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546337512133782930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 285px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_oDQgPBaqKJT-vFRW0_T0XVxqOvagX0U9LHrYACPeuI7P-GeS02Y-4ol-50OBkOy_Vv-Mbt6ggzpfN6C8vRi2lY6bCQwoR6s127HxhoApxW3J7QvkAzRzgk06LMopuBYafvW0dCofUpk/s400/Little+Brown+Dove_IMG_0488.JPG" border="0" /><br />Indian Peafowl: These are so common, across the country side in Rajasthan, you are guaranteed to spot a few every time you venture out!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546337499016613122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 284px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxuaNNouQ4tDBBRTchoglnenu4TIH8uWOBMQy_m49Jqdp4LWNLgCTAt0eU1ZGbKS_OrJ-l5JfInAKnxacmgu8ylisNqu-mCtP57XGWvY3QvDVlhOsqPxp4skXa1S3JcmXDo-kHZzytzI4/s400/Indian+Peafowl_IMG_0484.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />Indian Roller<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546337505219593714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 284px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0nB3zcXRYrQYcficZl2hETfMGX1RDZiITv3nY6q4wrqQugUJPxOlaFLqitEzp3W7YdG9WX2cIqsxFEWOdG7M4APdW2-cvyjPd5-R4OLRLs9NTzOxzsv6zX0bu5wLtXwq85Z3_0nHtTz4/s400/Indian+Roller_IMG_0515.JPG" border="0" /><br />Rose Ringed Parakeet (Male &Female)<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546339482774870194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 284px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaEi4dXbwwHzNFFoKMHQx-zfINBcGPiUfw6HmWEzLSd-zk_S6_hfkDJjDild6IJKFeRwu24Zj73D_eXv9nBCGiyM2DKxYsZH6hFS7lTiW7xdhQKGG8LEOLKgGGokW84anGeG8yawe8YyI/s400/Rose+Ringed+Parakeet_IMG_0447.JPG" border="0" /> Red collared dove<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546339461989581682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 284px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyuguu1iysbRYjX3T4RH8JtbnL96dJuD1gxgGtg6BHebvz2sUGgc9pBxTigcpWI6hqILofLHGnY8WNASAG6PqreokGE0yM4ev_qbOzIeuXaJX9USUPc_XgTSBzxuDt5PGSod6KJAy5CKo/s400/Red+Collared+Dove_IMG_0416.JPG" border="0" />Variable Wheatear<br /></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546344878340227154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 288px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZ6q9nsHN-eDhCsfj3-ha3fOqHDMzQQs-U2DxRELUeZbvKSFyNefffmNB4toW_CrAdkwOkRCLbEkkPLKgrFVb44Xev-DsKoj0_dKmHHz2wryyGLS8CSZJFoiuWczdlhYssiGfsV78gDk/s400/Variable+Wheatear_IMG_0530.JPG" border="0" /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><s></s><p></p><p><s></s> </p><p><s></s> </p><p><s></s> </p><p><s></s> </p><p><s></s> </p><p><s><br /></s></p><p><s><br /></s></p><p><s><br /></s></p><p><s><br /></s></p><p><s><br /></s></p><p><s><br /></s></p><p><s><br /></s></p><p><s><br /></s></p><p><s><br /></s></p><p><s>Id needed for the following! the first two should be some female Wheatear, but we weren't able to ID them yet.</s><br />Common Babbler.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDKwqqEPLxrx8TQ_BQkLQ4_GrVtcCav3WId_5dBDEXfhwDhNBjfhsnyGayYMLposoLKKC8OIZWEyG8Zm9OYGZayp0YOKEVz1JgfroE3YkNxkJ0Mwm0tn50YjafTOwpIkKej3421iFtA9U/s1600/Unknown_4_IMG_0530.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546344891544273426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDKwqqEPLxrx8TQ_BQkLQ4_GrVtcCav3WId_5dBDEXfhwDhNBjfhsnyGayYMLposoLKKC8OIZWEyG8Zm9OYGZayp0YOKEVz1JgfroE3YkNxkJ0Mwm0tn50YjafTOwpIkKej3421iFtA9U/s400/Unknown_4_IMG_0530.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_Wsb8y1NcXcdP1HFTUV0EgLHz1Wi0yotqPf-kZUsgOXS4LiqFzLZbC69WvO5H2_Ml0dwg3_vtnNY5BNyI5CYX_3Kxc7uf99TXY_do07aWBqAI4o4OOFT9morsmNNFTzXFOXy4DMR0bw/s1600/Unknown_2_IMG_0530.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546344881695358674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 286px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_Wsb8y1NcXcdP1HFTUV0EgLHz1Wi0yotqPf-kZUsgOXS4LiqFzLZbC69WvO5H2_Ml0dwg3_vtnNY5BNyI5CYX_3Kxc7uf99TXY_do07aWBqAI4o4OOFT9morsmNNFTzXFOXy4DMR0bw/s400/Unknown_2_IMG_0530.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEm-_6tLFlwpI8QSUAJXiY2wwLROlMCg6l_Ig7Ne7zHSSszn25MzFogIZSVhm4owGLhn7muuAtGbZzBxd3_sT0v_mVHyfR6fb57aWZjt20gTDkKCHFYp8UjQ-C1wGbNbVsC4WMkJHtXPo/s1600/Unknown_3_IMG_0530.JPG"></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEm-_6tLFlwpI8QSUAJXiY2wwLROlMCg6l_Ig7Ne7zHSSszn25MzFogIZSVhm4owGLhn7muuAtGbZzBxd3_sT0v_mVHyfR6fb57aWZjt20gTDkKCHFYp8UjQ-C1wGbNbVsC4WMkJHtXPo/s1600/Unknown_3_IMG_0530.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546344886146157170" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEm-_6tLFlwpI8QSUAJXiY2wwLROlMCg6l_Ig7Ne7zHSSszn25MzFogIZSVhm4owGLhn7muuAtGbZzBxd3_sT0v_mVHyfR6fb57aWZjt20gTDkKCHFYp8UjQ-C1wGbNbVsC4WMkJHtXPo/s400/Unknown_3_IMG_0530.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Rosy Pastor or Starling.</div>Deephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08985096625603251485noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-36029098455480948492010-11-23T17:10:00.007+01:002010-12-07T15:30:35.920+01:00Birding at JLR-NTP, Bannerghatta<div align="justify">Here are some shots of a few birds we spotted at JLR Bannerghatta Nature Camp during our NTP. The shots are few in number and average in quality - as the emphasis was more on learning the process of birding rather than shooting them well.<br />Blue bearded Bee eater</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542779736323167794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 287px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ny0sO1siOpAmOFbZyhb1ngHwNHFgI-nDIFxwnk6nlXOZ8weRB-IEp63euSt0QY28cd3jhwi5jb5KEDkBc841KrKDU3Hy4x-yYxD220ltJ8ddkVKZ86Mh2LmJPnPTq4x-ZPjd8_LTHdo/s400/Blue+bearded+Bee+eater_IMG_0764.JPG" border="0" /><br />Coppersmith Barbet, just outside the tent <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542779747135364050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpyf_v4drY75QuOzwOln-JBcRqdQwVUl5KY8HovhUADSJ-d-YDVDA7Sljrk1amPJavLXGE7WniDAwJP4T0joT62fxlvYN184Lty_S4BOTsPkhvVvOKi6LCPtMB_6CYQfKq__ox3nMj3M/s400/Coppersmith+Barbet_IMG_0901.JPG" border="0" /><br />White cheeked Barbet, whose loud call we woke up to in the mornings<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542780397770057570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 318px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IPLquubZiogN5EG0B4JcvS0p0g86sldqlKepoK_6eh0eq3_-DrTlJ4D8pZM4kJ5mCWiCWJo03YFwIBsXWyfym6VfES1bwm8xw5s50VTfUadhzcNysn9yBEE7UsCDfZ1Kf_qEtNzZxuQ/s400/White+Cheeked+Barbet_IMG_0863.JPG" border="0" /><br />Rose ringed Parakeet (female)<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542780410067964818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQIfety_guWlinCqJdbxbLdbBVzotiN18vap-Equ5tbigd-SDJ_ynPrTaUsNuhlXgTtUyWIExulOkGUMbJ9-doEN8C893HQt4ZHasPcwhKaXbwQwFfJ8LAKPys8lWTF8MGVrkrfeY-E-Y/s400/Rose+Ringed+Parakeet%2528f%2529_IMG_0850.JPG" border="0" /><br />Spotted Dove, early in the morning<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542780401410388418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 284px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFqCCGC7eN-wt1v7wNQwBcvkGs8FwTO1YkREIa_VvkPG221FAvAg7syf6aGENESeeeAhIgXVOt-8G__dpYhyphenhyphenbFPD2ZnWpIRtPGrYZt9GoJzTAswsSmVRY_sZZzMcXN6czCX-5Mix80GU/s400/Spotted+Dove_IMG_0778.JPG" border="0" /><br />Laughing Dove<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542780423701973554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 317px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbXcsxitcA95BWgcB-LUZKm8c_fxAMIf7mLhSOKjM0TTzWYtB_9y04Ltgk9LJaMPAvNrvqqYEpUD_w8fH19W9nXSyyuC7p-smTBwhZHaBK-5iEReKoKLHkbZ3B2zCt6-5PNyLwbdO-AM/s400/Laughing+Dove_IMG_0934.JPG" border="0" /><br />Brown Fish Owl<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542779738107558178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 288px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUO_WNXLk6-F7AV38DemWVpPbxtjQGm8Esks2yzBIBkUOwEBZ5kpexi2QzeZmC6ad1v2k4FKml4uLN5WO6hcIPZgwTSR0t9S3ePafWsmQ88uQ84mzR7tEv4BamztXvtGKT18c7CGWt8E/s400/Brown+Fish+Owl_IMG_0814.JPG" border="0" /><br />Eurasian Eagle Owl, which we almost missed the firs day but spotted the next day<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542779752385953570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 321px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyfS_TgCYWAFk5u5_OnnMYf4iVpD9KzOcGWhyIfnNvO0iPIWUzuLwCKawODzoJj__e3YYTGeH33zkmmWhgCf4i_jkvrDAh8lolbu5DPKaXC8JdaKLXRnQ3GQccKf7yV-JPUZ9NhIlPCUk/s400/Eurasian+Eagle+Owl_IMG_0943.JPG" border="0" /><br />Little Egret, showing off clearly, black legs and yellowish feet (lesson learnt in the previous class) <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542780414871422050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 317px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-UGwYXHRuwYbvlHLSbJrYOZep1GVM1NOs8nwIG3nFEWUabEqOlEhfQ1k3nfy6ht0luB-BvsoS-HEu_dJUk039kify9kowjk2pdPELYb-w46eEbRewCWiwl77HDgjKQSubtGmfhoIfvY/s400/Little+Egret_IMG_0953.JPG" border="0" /><br />Golden Fronted Leaf bird (Chloropsis)<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542779758139683666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUaDWI4BGWHF0Zc8DpKSaGygXriSby3kV9LVZ-ITQs478cZ31hhINtqdhf64A6Ap9FyZzyGXn8hmFaRIYqvG0_QM-TgzwQte8H45sRYhYzJtmp2wHXVj4eo-eXK4HhBzY1Pw4F4Zx5Wdg/s400/Golden+Fronted+Leaf+Bird_IMG_0732.JPG" border="0" /><br />Here's the entire list of birds spotted during the course:<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div align="justify">1. White Cheeked Barbet<br />2. Coppersmith Barbet<br />3. Little Cormorant<br />4. Great Cormorant<br />5. Red Wattled Lapwing<br />6. Black Crowned Night Heron<br />7. White Browed Wagtail<br />8. Blue capped Rock Thrush<br />9. Black Drongo<br />10. White Bellied Drongo<br />11. Ashy Drongo<br />12. Black Naped Oriole<br />13. Red Whiskered Bulbul<br />14. Red Vented Bulbul<br />15. White Browed Bulbul<br />16. Golden Fronted Leaf Bird<br />17. Great Tit<br />18. Rufous Treepie<br />19. Blue bearded Bee eater<br />20. Scaly Breasted Munia<br />21. Black headed Cuckoo Shrike<br />22. Indian Robin<br />23. Brown Fish Owl<br />24. Eurasian Eagle Owl<br />25. Small Green billed Malkoha<br />26. Gray Jungle fowl<br />27. White Browed Fantail<br />28. Grey Heron<br />29. Oriental Honey Buzzard<br />30. Green Leaf Warbler<br />31. Asian Paradise Flycatcher<br />32. Small Minivet<br />33. Stork Billed Kingfisher<br />34. White Throated Kingfisher<br />35. Common Kingfisher<br />36. Common Iora<br />37. Asian Brown Flycatcher<br />38. Plum headed Parakeet<br />39. Rose Ringed parakeet<br />40. Jungle Babler<br />41. Tickell’s blue flycatcher<br />42. Purple rumped Sunbird<br />43. Purple Sunbird<br />44. Black redstart<br />45. Chestnut Tailed Starling<br />46. Large Billed Crow<br />47. Spotted Dove<br />48. Laughing Dove<br />49. Oriental Magpie Robin<br />50. Little Egret<br />51. Black Naped Monarch Flycather<br />52. Black Kite<br />53. Brahminy Kite<br />54. Asian Koel<br />55. River Tern<br />56. Greater Coucal<br />57. Shikra<br /><br />It was a great beginning to 'stream-lined' birding at JLR-NTP conducted by a wonderful teacher and a knowledge bank - Karthik (S.Karthikeyan), Chief naturalist of JLR. Though we have been doing birding from a few months, in this session we learnt to emphasize on a systematic process to follow while birding, which is very necessary, especially as beginners. I still remember our initial days when we used to spot a 'new' bird and google to find out what it was, or call up pur friend Chandu, giving him crude description about what we saw! We have come a long way from there, but then there is a much longer way to go....</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Deephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08985096625603251485noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-39650303467099914092010-11-15T06:17:00.019+01:002010-11-26T08:45:27.058+01:00Birding around Khuri: RajasthanVacation mixed with your hobby is a real pleasure!!! Having said that, we had a real good experience of birding in the desert land. One thing which I was really happy about was seeing a colony of sparrows, that’s has become so uncommon in Bangalore these days (except for BIAL). Our idea was to do birding as much as possible, and I must say Khuri didn’t disappoint us.<br />As per the locals, there was a good monsoon and good crops this season and so are the birds. Khuri has 3 small lakes, if I may call so! Lakes are abuzz with birds during morning and evenings.<br /><br />Here is Sparrow’s family.<br />House Sparrow Baby (imm)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEineV4p_w5Y_G7v3iUk4zj6EYyMFitNuM-EGDSgluIHV1q4A2IFvQu7TQ5DMArV9efFq3W2z0LDTGio80zARTdYz05MTUTzxA71TBsinKti0awwEmQffz6A8tsfWtJZ72JMkRTe67DLjNk/s1600/House+Sparrow+Baby_IMG_0023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539644343099956946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 287px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEineV4p_w5Y_G7v3iUk4zj6EYyMFitNuM-EGDSgluIHV1q4A2IFvQu7TQ5DMArV9efFq3W2z0LDTGio80zARTdYz05MTUTzxA71TBsinKti0awwEmQffz6A8tsfWtJZ72JMkRTe67DLjNk/s400/House+Sparrow+Baby_IMG_0023.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />House Sparrow Female<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0UUtY5_3woees-KhTl4Ar7fbq5OCwUblr13BmEZ9BIOHmqbL2wtQnMKuf6uV-Y_MYtzgw4DJgRryIff4E5NpAdurX40bDPPxSvKBmn9jIOzQmtQDY4pvC5ZpMOQ8wrbgP6rcEU25DAwk/s1600/House+Sparrow+Female_IMG_9997.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539644337339370930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 284px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0UUtY5_3woees-KhTl4Ar7fbq5OCwUblr13BmEZ9BIOHmqbL2wtQnMKuf6uV-Y_MYtzgw4DJgRryIff4E5NpAdurX40bDPPxSvKBmn9jIOzQmtQDY4pvC5ZpMOQ8wrbgP6rcEU25DAwk/s400/House+Sparrow+Female_IMG_9997.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />House Sparrow Male<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlxx5zRoBVhvQDGdBxk5adiZK9cwh7gn58uDnkPaP7nF5UIEJkiC07WVPP2joTOlnIjNS0hXyXul1lykrRTPRVd2HNiKAYpKwNUntOn3aDROxWvcehvNaNxVgxdNGTRSZkFzjOyzdI4g/s1600/House+Sparrow+Male_IMG_9997.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539644331399373762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 285px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlxx5zRoBVhvQDGdBxk5adiZK9cwh7gn58uDnkPaP7nF5UIEJkiC07WVPP2joTOlnIjNS0hXyXul1lykrRTPRVd2HNiKAYpKwNUntOn3aDROxWvcehvNaNxVgxdNGTRSZkFzjOyzdI4g/s400/House+Sparrow+Male_IMG_9997.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Desert Wheatear<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy6COQ4Bg8nNPi3CU32EtZ0lv9pkhvLK2aMdJoYvLnXfgrc0Om2wCHFvsw-dNdE4_ZeXbfFEUpZdVziVilw1C7n2weJcjL7ZVMaTv4qNvrYiITEtYIyxkGGscIVTl7tnEWTSZSDAgtWmQ/s1600/Desert+Wheatear_IMG_0039.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539644355224542722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 286px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy6COQ4Bg8nNPi3CU32EtZ0lv9pkhvLK2aMdJoYvLnXfgrc0Om2wCHFvsw-dNdE4_ZeXbfFEUpZdVziVilw1C7n2weJcjL7ZVMaTv4qNvrYiITEtYIyxkGGscIVTl7tnEWTSZSDAgtWmQ/s400/Desert+Wheatear_IMG_0039.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Indian Courser<br />This one is the fav shot, this is bit of a shy bird:-) The only issue I found in birding in deserts was that, you have limited choices for camouflaging yourselves in desert.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg350wBRVis-NmkLcXHvWvcyvcjxlzrTNZe8c9glK-fazS7HSqMqeTvfdbmL30g5nZOvfsBgzxcNyo2XTDoHzfMy9lGtY1gPlq-fGRw4gZjRmtbwDAmRrndHDvPxdK6XlQ9Iy7w9uUpsmo/s1600/Indian+Courser_IMG_0057.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539644350136644082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 287px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg350wBRVis-NmkLcXHvWvcyvcjxlzrTNZe8c9glK-fazS7HSqMqeTvfdbmL30g5nZOvfsBgzxcNyo2XTDoHzfMy9lGtY1gPlq-fGRw4gZjRmtbwDAmRrndHDvPxdK6XlQ9Iy7w9uUpsmo/s400/Indian+Courser_IMG_0057.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Red Wattled Lapwing, We found these were more tolerant to humans around them than the ones we have spotted around here in Bangalore.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgos0caZkXr04XBIv3iMJyXBKWTt68YHpifumztZ8TyutYekh_YXYGTqUjVdb2XAjvlDScCfAqysDZMy6As6qmXsO15e8FdzNtzec4OCO2x7ClQn5phM3hyYYg7xPcITMsseeVyMmjTT68/s1600/Red+Wattled+Lapwing_IMG_0088.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539646494154874162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 284px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgos0caZkXr04XBIv3iMJyXBKWTt68YHpifumztZ8TyutYekh_YXYGTqUjVdb2XAjvlDScCfAqysDZMy6As6qmXsO15e8FdzNtzec4OCO2x7ClQn5phM3hyYYg7xPcITMsseeVyMmjTT68/s400/Red+Wattled+Lapwing_IMG_0088.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Red Vented Bulbul<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCzHkKHBRYbbfcx_NGEZT5W1KeS7MxMjyykaidKmHkkV9KPbbgf2IQCR7mjHGwOd2t-HkNBDfN1rxdHfBYDxvuAcYlPq-Wb4XImIpe8zDd1LGka-_ofTdsJSnF2XvAC7gnCHnZwV93I4/s1600/Red+Vented+Bulbul_IMG_0063.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539646487412795442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 287px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCzHkKHBRYbbfcx_NGEZT5W1KeS7MxMjyykaidKmHkkV9KPbbgf2IQCR7mjHGwOd2t-HkNBDfN1rxdHfBYDxvuAcYlPq-Wb4XImIpe8zDd1LGka-_ofTdsJSnF2XvAC7gnCHnZwV93I4/s400/Red+Vented+Bulbul_IMG_0063.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Hoopoe<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIH95QPkFyCoaaHTlV9nAO3tBfjOF9n9mVo8wzdfVHZ9lt_KO7TbkmP46AR0yXSX4gAYzwHARGkaBAWLG2v2WMrkKSps_aCyWkj0Cc0cuehUs0FU1wVRcBAzH4M8CxoJ1WhzBOxlofuA/s1600/Hoopoe_IMG_0061.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539646484616123266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 287px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIH95QPkFyCoaaHTlV9nAO3tBfjOF9n9mVo8wzdfVHZ9lt_KO7TbkmP46AR0yXSX4gAYzwHARGkaBAWLG2v2WMrkKSps_aCyWkj0Cc0cuehUs0FU1wVRcBAzH4M8CxoJ1WhzBOxlofuA/s400/Hoopoe_IMG_0061.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Blue Rock Pigeon<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMn7DrXrzn4ZryIvKMIPSWsjCCBgRVzvuT5ZVa4-N4HD8CzIMdKr0d7_96V9vnqxUKznCQe5GvXstCHcN_Y3oPDCVINxrgDymygCY5rOTkkA_TduLkKisfoLJ0J0oDhy5m16vgSGmk5IQ/s1600/Blue+Rock+Pigeon_IMG_0091.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539646478912358466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 287px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMn7DrXrzn4ZryIvKMIPSWsjCCBgRVzvuT5ZVa4-N4HD8CzIMdKr0d7_96V9vnqxUKznCQe5GvXstCHcN_Y3oPDCVINxrgDymygCY5rOTkkA_TduLkKisfoLJ0J0oDhy5m16vgSGmk5IQ/s400/Blue+Rock+Pigeon_IMG_0091.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Black Winged Stilt<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0fVLwM6GrcfRgfMePdikmwXNK9-FpCM5bxQnlf_fHIMKdzRSOZX9KaGphrp401qmBDobWYnfUXgMvgzrVvPJuP1hhX9mjZGR1qbAgHLGcNZ2absDSCqCs0GVcbYMN06HR94ZHv1kcMU/s1600/Black+Winged+Stilt_IMG_0125.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539646475051955650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 283px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0fVLwM6GrcfRgfMePdikmwXNK9-FpCM5bxQnlf_fHIMKdzRSOZX9KaGphrp401qmBDobWYnfUXgMvgzrVvPJuP1hhX9mjZGR1qbAgHLGcNZ2absDSCqCs0GVcbYMN06HR94ZHv1kcMU/s400/Black+Winged+Stilt_IMG_0125.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Green Bee Eater<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbolVU7ka29mI2Wh4qtt_0067b_gxCbL0RcysjNdlPD3UcmSLCr_OSAjXaecrc63RILegBufCatemgiMPXi1iydVlVV53dT6XfrZbIebMzpAf18VRh1XYOTmph1XMj4V5jq_RdQDoOaIg/s1600/Green+Bee+Eater_IMG_0222.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539648228321255810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbolVU7ka29mI2Wh4qtt_0067b_gxCbL0RcysjNdlPD3UcmSLCr_OSAjXaecrc63RILegBufCatemgiMPXi1iydVlVV53dT6XfrZbIebMzpAf18VRh1XYOTmph1XMj4V5jq_RdQDoOaIg/s400/Green+Bee+Eater_IMG_0222.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Long legged Buzzard, Sum shot this while having Camel ride :-) Even though we spotted look alikes of buzzards and kites, but we were unable to capture or identify them.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRi0VSYVf4Sm4hJuKsRHd-WqwUQkWLSljCpgg_rHC8jmz9ZxAt0lcsQNn1BWddzPvvjrxSLBDDclB5kS-cZBLxBcRhs-txA0seV6YO_ElJqwfEAcjjrbjXPqdvbPCRkAYk1POsi1SH22E/s1600/Buzzard_IMG_0264.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539648222975132210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 284px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRi0VSYVf4Sm4hJuKsRHd-WqwUQkWLSljCpgg_rHC8jmz9ZxAt0lcsQNn1BWddzPvvjrxSLBDDclB5kS-cZBLxBcRhs-txA0seV6YO_ElJqwfEAcjjrbjXPqdvbPCRkAYk1POsi1SH22E/s400/Buzzard_IMG_0264.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Bristled Grass Warbler<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_OwMvbY2CpAG1EiOSXICUE2IOyP-91dRjeH4R7nIhtq7Af1q1LL5rSo_xocctNJM6ge-en7NxXTin30l3GOk1zaKWu2FQ_dYEwO2jus7cWtAQNtWvpW8g7KpwyCGY45UwHfjZEYLe_o/s1600/Bristled+Grass+Warbler_IMG_0167.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539648219198164946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_OwMvbY2CpAG1EiOSXICUE2IOyP-91dRjeH4R7nIhtq7Af1q1LL5rSo_xocctNJM6ge-en7NxXTin30l3GOk1zaKWu2FQ_dYEwO2jus7cWtAQNtWvpW8g7KpwyCGY45UwHfjZEYLe_o/s400/Bristled+Grass+Warbler_IMG_0167.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><s>Black Headed Cuckoo Shrike </s> Variable Wheatear<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgab3BQ5P4Ojp3fFPoFNQyiWutN5cGSAY5gMpxWm8TNtfKZodisTT47SRU6tvOIGd-YVu8sNdCvwCpIM6Y21y-5ZIAnW5V8y8FuqAvUnr1bCEgTap-UmkzNZWuPoKxS0uxM2VTexAhUiQ/s1600/Black+Headed+Cuckoo+Shrike_IMG_0219.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539648218203821058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 284px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgab3BQ5P4Ojp3fFPoFNQyiWutN5cGSAY5gMpxWm8TNtfKZodisTT47SRU6tvOIGd-YVu8sNdCvwCpIM6Y21y-5ZIAnW5V8y8FuqAvUnr1bCEgTap-UmkzNZWuPoKxS0uxM2VTexAhUiQ/s400/Black+Headed+Cuckoo+Shrike_IMG_0219.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><s>Black Headed Cuckoo Shrike- Female</s> Not very sure, Must be some female wheatear<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVob7n8ZN-En1G84EkwOV1ViTtz1eu-bDMdvGzlbWzfEHYXT4q-XoK2Na4KkzLxpavu_JRvcey-TD_4VL9cbKZ-GxC-_-AY0uI-eHT2XjzsBy_eMi1wTpwlCOiUUuCrWBe6QGfEhZJB8/s1600/Black+headed+Cuckoo+Shrike+Female_IMG_0224.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539787098196599522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVob7n8ZN-En1G84EkwOV1ViTtz1eu-bDMdvGzlbWzfEHYXT4q-XoK2Na4KkzLxpavu_JRvcey-TD_4VL9cbKZ-GxC-_-AY0uI-eHT2XjzsBy_eMi1wTpwlCOiUUuCrWBe6QGfEhZJB8/s400/Black+headed+Cuckoo+Shrike+Female_IMG_0224.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Great Grey Shrike<br /><br />Locals call it "Shagun Chidi". As the belief goes this bird brings good omens. Typically when the camel/cow or goats are lost in the desert and locals begin their search get them back, they follow the the direction in which "Shangun chidi" is found.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdMXHGUmD2wZJayXcpW3Lzh-7T4dT_NH6V9b2tYs5xOkf4326eYZSO-w3xT_JStF7ma3Q3hSReEnhRNBK7NZeV1aMKhTecyAD00hXU70PiGR9gFAnEZGJjisfDZh0mm0anzRtHNooMTEM/s1600/Great+Grey+Shrike_IMG_0025.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539648215181948050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 285px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdMXHGUmD2wZJayXcpW3Lzh-7T4dT_NH6V9b2tYs5xOkf4326eYZSO-w3xT_JStF7ma3Q3hSReEnhRNBK7NZeV1aMKhTecyAD00hXU70PiGR9gFAnEZGJjisfDZh0mm0anzRtHNooMTEM/s400/Great+Grey+Shrike_IMG_0025.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><s>Rusty Tailed Fly catcher</s> May be Jerdon's buschat female, but not too sure..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYFLq9cflViu8iVsuO9bq9eLm1xo_43w1qxcAQEA0KB40dQrnWLBalV0b4ch40I3CjZvhyphenhyphen-CpFD3ECnZxyslQLJ4uhMeb9AxNH8VCoAOlN5ENQ7lPjk7QyoyHJVdGf1q6eVuwgxg0CB0/s1600/Rusty+Tailed+Fly+Catcher_IMG_0084.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539654758208730050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 285px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYFLq9cflViu8iVsuO9bq9eLm1xo_43w1qxcAQEA0KB40dQrnWLBalV0b4ch40I3CjZvhyphenhyphen-CpFD3ECnZxyslQLJ4uhMeb9AxNH8VCoAOlN5ENQ7lPjk7QyoyHJVdGf1q6eVuwgxg0CB0/s400/Rusty+Tailed+Fly+Catcher_IMG_0084.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Colony of Sparrows, It's just amanzing to sit and watch them flying , grouping and regrouping in tandem creating beautiful patterns in the sky.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgougQ0d92r3v_h_BZlb7h7cD9ycf3td73OCgjWxLRS2TxUOGOxaMmbU3pvSsKF1o8qBM3cRjiryebdwU3V9AW5eMENcvP7D_MxPFajA2IJfNXqldpLE4i-Sx6GH8EQzd8Z_tbfhcbZDyo/s1600/Sparrows_IMG_0122.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539654752990890450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgougQ0d92r3v_h_BZlb7h7cD9ycf3td73OCgjWxLRS2TxUOGOxaMmbU3pvSsKF1o8qBM3cRjiryebdwU3V9AW5eMENcvP7D_MxPFajA2IJfNXqldpLE4i-Sx6GH8EQzd8Z_tbfhcbZDyo/s400/Sparrows_IMG_0122.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />White eared bulbul, even though we spot so many bulbuls around home here, this trip could spot at least 3 different varietes of bulbuls and capture them.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5YV_Uda_lr0iZVM-G0c8HzC4OJgCzI71lBE7wGb5ckFAm8oENvs7gsRYkPykBIav87Ehg-PjBok3K_DAMQTixXJqyGMUlX0A2f0uM-oGfTDKVFkSzNsBoD-9S0V37k5TJaERktituQA/s1600/White+eared+Bulbul_IMG_9989.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539654750282329506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 288px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5YV_Uda_lr0iZVM-G0c8HzC4OJgCzI71lBE7wGb5ckFAm8oENvs7gsRYkPykBIav87Ehg-PjBok3K_DAMQTixXJqyGMUlX0A2f0uM-oGfTDKVFkSzNsBoD-9S0V37k5TJaERktituQA/s400/White+eared+Bulbul_IMG_9989.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Footsteps of the bird on the sand, It's just great to watch it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSb66CAL4TgsindjshaSqbXROIlcUaUL79xlHjkybwk5b6QSNIf9ZnI6aOQlik6TL5vKDJNuYwemr33Xslrubb-dKgc0qyPyPLfU_20fH0iKGl6yK7bmlHc8vERnePBfXVMSml4KAvyOM/s1600/Bird+Footsteps_IMG_0229.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539654749169102482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSb66CAL4TgsindjshaSqbXROIlcUaUL79xlHjkybwk5b6QSNIf9ZnI6aOQlik6TL5vKDJNuYwemr33Xslrubb-dKgc0qyPyPLfU_20fH0iKGl6yK7bmlHc8vERnePBfXVMSml4KAvyOM/s400/Bird+Footsteps_IMG_0229.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Red Collared Dove<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYP_4dDuLm3RTpJ02yhjLhEuaFeesCEKIRXKba7ff2ju8x1nZF__bS-tyTqNNuTe0RpuqEF_vXXiszQ9iUAP5ZphuwA_xWIZApVCSil9QPAlgKKB0rzUS723Z76EtcVn-LXPlAVV7gd2s/s1600/Red+Collored+Dove_IMG_0093.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539787114999892514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 284px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYP_4dDuLm3RTpJ02yhjLhEuaFeesCEKIRXKba7ff2ju8x1nZF__bS-tyTqNNuTe0RpuqEF_vXXiszQ9iUAP5ZphuwA_xWIZApVCSil9QPAlgKKB0rzUS723Z76EtcVn-LXPlAVV7gd2s/s400/Red+Collored+Dove_IMG_0093.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />White Throated Kingfisher, You really cannot miss this one any where! Can you?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3iH1HvIcyFhGhpfz8GzAvwwwqyL2D8vjgcIGGxrKVS1JnZ-crC871REwP8zy0eT1WTX8idgBXaP57GzIBsY3lyuGTScAG7Sfy4HwRuDQL-agv6R79XGuteCl929qqmBuOjyjoe4uiYAM/s1600/White+Throated+Kingfisher_IMG_0104.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539787099487618930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3iH1HvIcyFhGhpfz8GzAvwwwqyL2D8vjgcIGGxrKVS1JnZ-crC871REwP8zy0eT1WTX8idgBXaP57GzIBsY3lyuGTScAG7Sfy4HwRuDQL-agv6R79XGuteCl929qqmBuOjyjoe4uiYAM/s400/White+Throated+Kingfisher_IMG_0104.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Please note that, if you find that ID'g of the birds are not correct, please do let us know.Deephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08985096625603251485noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-21496759350688996042010-10-23T10:40:00.006+02:002010-11-26T08:42:41.021+01:00Valley School: Kanakapura RoadThis was our first birding trip as amateurs. Thanks to <a href="http://ch-an-du.blogspot.com/">Chandu</a> and <a href="http://deponti.livejournal.com/">Deepa</a> who really made us to have wonderful introduction into the colorful world of bird species. Having spotted many, could only capture few of them in Camera though. The lesson learnt for the day was "patience". <br /><br />The photo that's my favourite is of the sun bird and its nest. When we walked across its nest on our journey forward, I attempted to capture this, but none of the photos were good though. But when we were walking back, I just moved a bit closer and waited for a while to observe the bird. It was making very frequent trips to nest and finally my patience was paid with some wonderful snaps. Have a look.<br /><br />Ashy Prinia - Tailess: Haven't seen many tailless ones though, may be our birders can through more light <br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhonSA974-o2sl9GZ0V-Ap5o_4SpUo4AnPLweUHiQFyHcnNPacigoxWISWE5aRtmgNuvVxSwHt1CalCZWqGgFPsnc2GH7Y6ZE-PtdPcSol4GR1Tvvh-UAEMUDGPRbQdyfdhxumbij2x3Yc/s1600/Ashy_Prinia_tailless_IMG_9230.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhonSA974-o2sl9GZ0V-Ap5o_4SpUo4AnPLweUHiQFyHcnNPacigoxWISWE5aRtmgNuvVxSwHt1CalCZWqGgFPsnc2GH7Y6ZE-PtdPcSol4GR1Tvvh-UAEMUDGPRbQdyfdhxumbij2x3Yc/s400/Ashy_Prinia_tailless_IMG_9230.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531162225177856674" /></a><br /><br />Babbler<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iBfHSajrdO6VlVFxbQHY8NHs1_Y2UYwX2nYpfadYhX5Q2IYPvJZ5EDAwdQuWRi0YpD_fqvi0hyn_F-gri5Lm33YAz37zzy01WCKUyvDDu85p6pGZ4g4f28qXTTfpZiolMfHpftUfRtk/s1600/Babbler_IMG_9192.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iBfHSajrdO6VlVFxbQHY8NHs1_Y2UYwX2nYpfadYhX5Q2IYPvJZ5EDAwdQuWRi0YpD_fqvi0hyn_F-gri5Lm33YAz37zzy01WCKUyvDDu85p6pGZ4g4f28qXTTfpZiolMfHpftUfRtk/s400/Babbler_IMG_9192.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531162225013303266" /></a><br /><br />Sunbird with Nector<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGxCe-e_XKY-rwnwnM_tZqOUyvQKH2R6fV_09IzJ8pUD61DjV85XV_NnNKMSSx4XU_sbg_eF-ANT1_1-5Od4uuB1G69l0tP_ZimgCupHko3r7tV2mhhFF_1Jtroak8W5Ya0E5RQsH2gc0/s1600/Sun+Bird+IMG_9216.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGxCe-e_XKY-rwnwnM_tZqOUyvQKH2R6fV_09IzJ8pUD61DjV85XV_NnNKMSSx4XU_sbg_eF-ANT1_1-5Od4uuB1G69l0tP_ZimgCupHko3r7tV2mhhFF_1Jtroak8W5Ya0E5RQsH2gc0/s400/Sun+Bird+IMG_9216.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531162220876089698" /></a><br /><br />Sunbird Nest<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuBud8Gqy1in4sTE0qZr9dLn8iwFWpSRzG1uz33lt82zS3vGHv8cloQ7ZO3sh6TvqiK9mg7VpvEFNEE2ecZKvNohyETCUv-32zdsyDlT5-QT3z3u4tYJl_KDHh8OcXN28CSxc87Fabf-k/s1600/Sun+Bird_Nest_IMG_9246.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuBud8Gqy1in4sTE0qZr9dLn8iwFWpSRzG1uz33lt82zS3vGHv8cloQ7ZO3sh6TvqiK9mg7VpvEFNEE2ecZKvNohyETCUv-32zdsyDlT5-QT3z3u4tYJl_KDHh8OcXN28CSxc87Fabf-k/s400/Sun+Bird_Nest_IMG_9246.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531162218991007634" /></a><br /><br />Sunbird Nest<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwkT9noCKVP-iys8p30bXIAKLvMHFQYpRiQGuW3OO85oC0uIUeicIwBBex6BKVAgqZmHyXQzZetE9fAKM-UcC2M5dqo6RjcmDYalHVE-DmzftXglGImPXdTbH1R5S8QGT5_5mKfvqbEE/s1600/Sun_Bird_Nest_IMG_9258.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwkT9noCKVP-iys8p30bXIAKLvMHFQYpRiQGuW3OO85oC0uIUeicIwBBex6BKVAgqZmHyXQzZetE9fAKM-UcC2M5dqo6RjcmDYalHVE-DmzftXglGImPXdTbH1R5S8QGT5_5mKfvqbEE/s400/Sun_Bird_Nest_IMG_9258.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531162212776476994" /></a>Deephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08985096625603251485noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-79199659824863487812010-10-17T10:24:00.012+02:002010-10-17T12:24:43.887+02:00Ranganathittu : PhotosIt was a fantastic trip!.. having able to take a shot at lot of them from real close. My fav shots are Stone Plover ,Pied wagtail and the Little Egret. Njoy the phtos.<br /><br />Stone Plover<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasWw1C5On3n_OMol0Y0qkU3qlnGtRJjrcM4mzzlqpBAxXoClZVY3X2aKvseCw0d_qJtDNZ2YiaQt1Ivs5Dpd4-BpJNNCEdg2ye1rzUGUgitKyhhkbuVzIz5GX3y7Wmu32CsFrj6N0gVI/s1600/Stone+Plover_IMG_9520.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasWw1C5On3n_OMol0Y0qkU3qlnGtRJjrcM4mzzlqpBAxXoClZVY3X2aKvseCw0d_qJtDNZ2YiaQt1Ivs5Dpd4-BpJNNCEdg2ye1rzUGUgitKyhhkbuVzIz5GX3y7Wmu32CsFrj6N0gVI/s400/Stone+Plover_IMG_9520.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528958773091136258" /></a><br /><br />Oriental White Ibis<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOB2u9znmaf09IS2onVSiepF1q0eGKwM62j6PsvsBjRyftnzk0dkXDDsg0D5-GJGScsjpC7XlJaZMbn6GxT1jH9Gx_W23ak9If7GahyphenhyphenQeyziSEw7avi-PCQcDXkbGztDW27WdMEjtYzkk/s1600/Oriental+White+Ibis_IMG_9539.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOB2u9znmaf09IS2onVSiepF1q0eGKwM62j6PsvsBjRyftnzk0dkXDDsg0D5-GJGScsjpC7XlJaZMbn6GxT1jH9Gx_W23ak9If7GahyphenhyphenQeyziSEw7avi-PCQcDXkbGztDW27WdMEjtYzkk/s400/Oriental+White+Ibis_IMG_9539.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528958765629496306" /></a><br /><br />Westeren Marsh Harrier<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pHmV_NJM8dk5UZLoWOMOVTVtTDBIAoSeH7K4vgNffmBBDJGPy2ZyuAd1cTQtj3vEdOrocrDXMvWynHZcn5GN0-IUeNgo7XaEjIW0CwZ4Lhf_iEpk5zJSGvtDgIBzbRCDxrRZr8r7ZAU/s1600/Westeren+Marsh+Harrier_IMG_9471.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528937279087364386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 285px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pHmV_NJM8dk5UZLoWOMOVTVtTDBIAoSeH7K4vgNffmBBDJGPy2ZyuAd1cTQtj3vEdOrocrDXMvWynHZcn5GN0-IUeNgo7XaEjIW0CwZ4Lhf_iEpk5zJSGvtDgIBzbRCDxrRZr8r7ZAU/s400/Westeren+Marsh+Harrier_IMG_9471.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Water Hen<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWBadLub_5ZvQ-IErBuyVPNhPDZ_W6g3cIlVSzS7XotdUUPSmmsnwaYn_swCdcPgdNLiXv_rLomhdNVW2eZ7WNatfnNTz2spPe59UcJHD1c6i3TbiY1P3pnUmUNcC9bXfuCetoufVq08/s1600/Water+Hen_IMG_9544.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528937275794277138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWBadLub_5ZvQ-IErBuyVPNhPDZ_W6g3cIlVSzS7XotdUUPSmmsnwaYn_swCdcPgdNLiXv_rLomhdNVW2eZ7WNatfnNTz2spPe59UcJHD1c6i3TbiY1P3pnUmUNcC9bXfuCetoufVq08/s400/Water+Hen_IMG_9544.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Tickell's Flower Pecker<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrH4khKhFkDGwO6CI7rstG8F4nInbOcySvbuYyXfiaBH2dSNWEiyE5h3OlwXPQA1TH3osDJnHrL7H5DyNnG7T4V_WLE2WPNtF0mzWWiDOM1fBtqZj3D8oV8TGFIXJfOzmHfaNy4Dtd4s/s1600/Tickell's+Flower+Pecker_IMG_9646.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528936680058933154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrH4khKhFkDGwO6CI7rstG8F4nInbOcySvbuYyXfiaBH2dSNWEiyE5h3OlwXPQA1TH3osDJnHrL7H5DyNnG7T4V_WLE2WPNtF0mzWWiDOM1fBtqZj3D8oV8TGFIXJfOzmHfaNy4Dtd4s/s400/Tickell's+Flower+Pecker_IMG_9646.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />on our way back, near a lake on Kanakapura road, this painted stork was enjoying its lunch<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvKuF_TXVQ53cwtyXAOGIyEhF8kKf3QQFBb_YKvndDPEgGiBJGoQtt4rPj_Bjw4nLNFi0QpRJespiWTdhiFWFUSKnbgV14pQvvFaGSZn-qu5c7Uws257aZOG6_RiAtb-f_5fSzLbA8kE/s1600/Painted+Stork_IMG_9667.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528936672680133042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvKuF_TXVQ53cwtyXAOGIyEhF8kKf3QQFBb_YKvndDPEgGiBJGoQtt4rPj_Bjw4nLNFi0QpRJespiWTdhiFWFUSKnbgV14pQvvFaGSZn-qu5c7Uws257aZOG6_RiAtb-f_5fSzLbA8kE/s400/Painted+Stork_IMG_9667.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Oriental Magpie Robin<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7BRmS74qq_jcogSi6iqI0Gn1cnN4SQeidjuAznPj9pxYdIGZ91Xi_yJvk7uXZ6XgUHIe6PR6YaxA6d4EB6kAUx8waqabTcmwB7ChGB8Tih5L2mhtGGHUvDwDGSkZ2vv7wY_9jkV9_pd8/s1600/Oriental+Magpie+Robin_IMG_9570.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528936663368249586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7BRmS74qq_jcogSi6iqI0Gn1cnN4SQeidjuAznPj9pxYdIGZ91Xi_yJvk7uXZ6XgUHIe6PR6YaxA6d4EB6kAUx8waqabTcmwB7ChGB8Tih5L2mhtGGHUvDwDGSkZ2vv7wY_9jkV9_pd8/s400/Oriental+Magpie+Robin_IMG_9570.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Loten's Sun bird<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilF0gFCyOhGTgVal8BGUoQ4Xn8avpN_j5KBuhVKWJ2UuaKifAL4hlgIKFL3tTgJE4WKY9Lr9sllqNWpi73IqqThJt77-Gw3IciHR_PgxxCstBLcLR84AJaOMVhfrWHgwAq4z1hIbOSnZE/s1600/Loten's+Sun+bird_IMG_9607.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528936088328486786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilF0gFCyOhGTgVal8BGUoQ4Xn8avpN_j5KBuhVKWJ2UuaKifAL4hlgIKFL3tTgJE4WKY9Lr9sllqNWpi73IqqThJt77-Gw3IciHR_PgxxCstBLcLR84AJaOMVhfrWHgwAq4z1hIbOSnZE/s400/Loten's+Sun+bird_IMG_9607.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Little Egret<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaffLH41H4-iHAtjwPNfy5BHDa6ELGLuib8WtmXyCbGymqEo9ytyXL9Nf6XGC-vFosqn6KEKhDVyfUHTh6ErMX6t0u3wv6nZoJFo5sOOpHkFxFBxOt3-ffjBcqFCSw5N6kMLl7KmxA2pU/s1600/Little+Egret_IMG_9446.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528936085051947698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaffLH41H4-iHAtjwPNfy5BHDa6ELGLuib8WtmXyCbGymqEo9ytyXL9Nf6XGC-vFosqn6KEKhDVyfUHTh6ErMX6t0u3wv6nZoJFo5sOOpHkFxFBxOt3-ffjBcqFCSw5N6kMLl7KmxA2pU/s400/Little+Egret_IMG_9446.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Little Cormorant<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNAiOxOFXuum7YOouu1kWlNU6RbqdaSZnZia-YifzabpCkop_ldzhYI92Ui4LapUqAS1Wn5FDw6l6P-acEzn2mxnBiWpw_LoSe3QRYYsLSiYE5oIMIYFtUZi0H0zxD5pyWmPZREcHzSo/s1600/Little+Cormorant_IMG_9566.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528936082640327426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNAiOxOFXuum7YOouu1kWlNU6RbqdaSZnZia-YifzabpCkop_ldzhYI92Ui4LapUqAS1Wn5FDw6l6P-acEzn2mxnBiWpw_LoSe3QRYYsLSiYE5oIMIYFtUZi0H0zxD5pyWmPZREcHzSo/s400/Little+Cormorant_IMG_9566.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Large Pied Wagtail<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcEfY854SSj7x3_uZIUnnTSyMLaFlyispFlcMCEJiXCfPUJP7eg0n4sFdVTjOkhEPtjxj0gpoDRe7fLF2wBdFFiakDLEteK3mvZWchWt3xC5Fi3J5Bsiy6O9TNGdUY4M6dlUCe4yyXbRs/s1600/Large+Pied+Wagtail_IMG_9593.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528936071940062066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 286px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcEfY854SSj7x3_uZIUnnTSyMLaFlyispFlcMCEJiXCfPUJP7eg0n4sFdVTjOkhEPtjxj0gpoDRe7fLF2wBdFFiakDLEteK3mvZWchWt3xC5Fi3J5Bsiy6O9TNGdUY4M6dlUCe4yyXbRs/s400/Large+Pied+Wagtail_IMG_9593.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Large Egret<br /> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7I42IfWNjlnF_8_aJfj8KgbCv7kTmffUUqt5magv1J3FwqSs2XzqVuMEcEBVKwarlFQteAY42n_0qyeivDDgJbyjYK2GoWjZpydCdQsqWITFHrFn_u8C8gM18aLjVf7yStqyApYRStE/s1600/Large+Egret_IMG_9497.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528936070508526034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 286px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7I42IfWNjlnF_8_aJfj8KgbCv7kTmffUUqt5magv1J3FwqSs2XzqVuMEcEBVKwarlFQteAY42n_0qyeivDDgJbyjYK2GoWjZpydCdQsqWITFHrFn_u8C8gM18aLjVf7yStqyApYRStE/s400/Large+Egret_IMG_9497.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Large Cormorant<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjuSMQz2Xnw3I8cAWEF8clxZa8HSVQvekJIAcIiYfrizZ-Clct5ar1pIor9vPtxTQMMbEmsBMi0L-84yhTv4CvRK9aKqWbcRQRhG3Z3YQC8crmHRCxUnR5hW5yrv9yWsGqJ_MDv8s25w/s1600/Large+Cormorant_IMG_9494.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528935478710237314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 285px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjuSMQz2Xnw3I8cAWEF8clxZa8HSVQvekJIAcIiYfrizZ-Clct5ar1pIor9vPtxTQMMbEmsBMi0L-84yhTv4CvRK9aKqWbcRQRhG3Z3YQC8crmHRCxUnR5hW5yrv9yWsGqJ_MDv8s25w/s400/Large+Cormorant_IMG_9494.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div>on our way back, near Kokkare Bellur: Indian ROller<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEierNg6pRO1DT7937JkxcZf6_60-2nQi2IGbJlQKMpLnzzs4rfxQnA_Hz4XyGOAbH1gEY51ntVtRGv4BvAsdmIwGYJmdO1drcTkPd48GN_9iUa-B14wFjfvETV4nJHhqxV5CMZhdCsGIXE/s1600/Indian+Roller_IMG_9659.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528935477370007650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEierNg6pRO1DT7937JkxcZf6_60-2nQi2IGbJlQKMpLnzzs4rfxQnA_Hz4XyGOAbH1gEY51ntVtRGv4BvAsdmIwGYJmdO1drcTkPd48GN_9iUa-B14wFjfvETV4nJHhqxV5CMZhdCsGIXE/s400/Indian+Roller_IMG_9659.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Indian Pond Heron<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPlKjHEW1csnKI8uqtUVKeb2PlCSgLBVhoti1ISJM5TVZRlXDde8_Ogu0Tk0vOxZHYbTNHSu0VwTqKm-P2dTZy1Y02Yeses3Kl4hH5UJhjA7fT374NXC74vMocHBc6_nuHQYoUF2U95yI/s1600/Indian+Pond+heron_IMG_9652.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528935471173764450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPlKjHEW1csnKI8uqtUVKeb2PlCSgLBVhoti1ISJM5TVZRlXDde8_Ogu0Tk0vOxZHYbTNHSu0VwTqKm-P2dTZy1Y02Yeses3Kl4hH5UJhjA7fT374NXC74vMocHBc6_nuHQYoUF2U95yI/s400/Indian+Pond+heron_IMG_9652.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br />Baya Weaver<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtdqhqHe7Q_UZZVsbwaXnLyUIcMTnlE_zxVBRCjhI2Fs9xSTkk47eVTkEbxhqz_s0fzYMkjnJcGPquIORZBcAriLr2rwYu-5xS25lpqeqD_fU_4crOHR5pH0fIJcjY4GZhxQFhefBwO8/s1600/Baya+Weaver_IMG_9577.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528935463985640210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtdqhqHe7Q_UZZVsbwaXnLyUIcMTnlE_zxVBRCjhI2Fs9xSTkk47eVTkEbxhqz_s0fzYMkjnJcGPquIORZBcAriLr2rwYu-5xS25lpqeqD_fU_4crOHR5pH0fIJcjY4GZhxQFhefBwO8/s400/Baya+Weaver_IMG_9577.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Deephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08985096625603251485noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-80127258295754575712010-09-30T15:28:00.002+02:002010-09-30T15:28:00.623+02:00Birding at Ranganathittu<div align="justify">Even at 11pm on Friday night we had not decided whether or not to go the next day. But somehow when the alarm rung, we both knew we were going - on a birding trip to Ranganathittu, a bird sanctuary near Mysore. And were just the two of us, owing to our late planning...<br /><br />Anyways, we reached the place around 9-30 and started spotting the birds right as we entered, or rather on the way itself. Took a private boat with a guide so that we had ample time watching and shooting them, and it was worth it. The guide helped our Id-ing easier.<br /><br />These were what we spotted, in the same order as spotting:<br />Scaly breasted Munia<br />Oriental Magpie Robin<br />Common golden backed Woodpecker<br />Tickell’s Flower pecker<br />Jungle Crow<br />Little Cormorant<br />Oriental white Ibis<br />Bats (I don’t know if I should include these mammals, but these do fly too, right?)<br />Little Egret<br />Darter<br />Large Egret<br />Large Cormorant<br />Marsh Harrier<br />Night Heron<br />Open billed Stork<br />River Tern<br />Brahminy Kite<br />Great Stone Plover<br />White breasted Water hen<br />Pied Wagtail<br />Red Whiskered Bulbul<br />Purple rumped Sunbird<br />Baya Weaver<br />Common Myna<br />Loten’s Sunbird<br />Asian Koel female<br /><br />And on the way back,<br /><br />Cattle Egret<br />Lesser Golden backed Woodpecker<br />Indian Roller<br />Indian Pond Heron<br />Rose ringed Parakeet<br />Spotted Dove<br /><br />And finally<br />Painted Storks<br /></div><br /><div align="justify">To end the beautiful day, was saw a full rainbow so close, which appeared as if we could pass through it! Pics will be sorted and posted by Deep.</div><br /><div align="justify"></div>Sumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11516678367083112428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-1715800090798651892010-09-27T17:40:00.000+02:002010-11-26T08:46:08.704+01:00Birding at Binsar<div align="center">Well, those were the days, we weren't doing birding so much, it's just that the avions used to attract very much, I am posting few of those early day photos of birds.<br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_dToHCmz2bavcy2-ZyDO6m7Pi6lHXUkuGIOk1nG_MysnXhkcPgkGdMIl-RxtMOMPOj5DNHlI8AeM0iqnzjhVfFgaVRhHgy7qfNalywbnMkTKBERR8a5f20igmhUliX2KjXs_3STw1ic/s1600/Rofous+Backed+Shrike.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521620816403503554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 274px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_dToHCmz2bavcy2-ZyDO6m7Pi6lHXUkuGIOk1nG_MysnXhkcPgkGdMIl-RxtMOMPOj5DNHlI8AeM0iqnzjhVfFgaVRhHgy7qfNalywbnMkTKBERR8a5f20igmhUliX2KjXs_3STw1ic/s400/Rofous+Backed+Shrike.jpg" border="0" /></a> Rofous Backed Shrike</p><p>The best part of this was, there was no effort or very little effort was required to spot these lovely ones. Infact there were plenty of them visiting the place where we were staying. You just have sit and keep watching them :-)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTSO0IZkPFH8JNM_0WVl_FVA_tZ_czN1dkcbvQP8qtozw9kojRCSr5xHX_3Pz3wujIVd-f3oxmY7Zq0ao701hAQX6wDvmcwzy_EhuorAEfHX37Wemh-3p5hH8AP_FK_gYDzgjO_hJmls4/s1600/Pied+flycater+shrike.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521620807154698338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 285px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTSO0IZkPFH8JNM_0WVl_FVA_tZ_czN1dkcbvQP8qtozw9kojRCSr5xHX_3Pz3wujIVd-f3oxmY7Zq0ao701hAQX6wDvmcwzy_EhuorAEfHX37Wemh-3p5hH8AP_FK_gYDzgjO_hJmls4/s400/Pied+flycater+shrike.jpg" border="0" /></a> Pied flycater shrike<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoQwvit6ktaC15RdHXml7Sxh91dzgy8YXQ_39kiCySC6Vj7eAOapPeUw_wqVOdDMTGCJj0z1k7uiT3n9OjdPGhea5AkLmGW1ZyfWkpWQ-TV0BDtz8XkuXFTQZSBFfL-06RYXrzrKF-ng/s1600/Hoopoe.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521620796898623058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoQwvit6ktaC15RdHXml7Sxh91dzgy8YXQ_39kiCySC6Vj7eAOapPeUw_wqVOdDMTGCJj0z1k7uiT3n9OjdPGhea5AkLmGW1ZyfWkpWQ-TV0BDtz8XkuXFTQZSBFfL-06RYXrzrKF-ng/s400/Hoopoe.jpg" border="0" /></a> Hoopoe<br />Infact Binsar also has a bird sanctury nearby. Unfortunately the season wasn't good when we went there. Next time I am hoping to make it up.</p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsUxJYcvIBLgBnSsMuBzu-7pnLDq3xRPXjaI1ryNMsLCUrsN2w5o6_cFa6wMYYUuu2SLb2R2FJ0RHZS8sTYbTLFIvSqkCkbh_d_2VmpRh6TORBLVlVD0UfrXn0ACv3J_GwzIF-KUxQLq4/s1600/Babbler.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521620795840637666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 263px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsUxJYcvIBLgBnSsMuBzu-7pnLDq3xRPXjaI1ryNMsLCUrsN2w5o6_cFa6wMYYUuu2SLb2R2FJ0RHZS8sTYbTLFIvSqkCkbh_d_2VmpRh6TORBLVlVD0UfrXn0ACv3J_GwzIF-KUxQLq4/s400/Babbler.jpg" border="0" /></a> Babbler ??(Id needed)</p>Deephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08985096625603251485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-24933778764201958362010-09-17T17:57:00.000+02:002010-09-17T18:08:40.858+02:00ShikraSpotted around home very frequently. Really liked their eyes and color tone on their front.<br /><br />ಕನ್ನದದಲ್ಲಿ : ಬಿಜ್ಜು<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7OkBrr3AlaQFddSFw-d52kG379mvy8jAgQQ-V8fHwzhwAyXrkkEnGgDnvS_ZHIxO2vBlsPCOF46PdYy2wtp2fYLFA6B6ciOW0lcXRgf7PgCgViTfzuG-tG0ft7L4qZm4X3NQIEw5e01Q/s1600/Shikra_IMG_9308.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517913475229377378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7OkBrr3AlaQFddSFw-d52kG379mvy8jAgQQ-V8fHwzhwAyXrkkEnGgDnvS_ZHIxO2vBlsPCOF46PdYy2wtp2fYLFA6B6ciOW0lcXRgf7PgCgViTfzuG-tG0ft7L4qZm4X3NQIEw5e01Q/s400/Shikra_IMG_9308.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPu9Fwfr_XXQz09JLsERe6pu_plsAi8R-Uj-pxXxFrxmQ-rYPMDTFxsx0l6XYRoC77fGxSwkUgRsQSA-pnMWrdbl4Fcyc5YGni7Zze-T_5VPWsL6SSjEqgdnwef2hAuCfIt4x-DHxx-A/s1600/Shikra_IMG_9305.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517913471327415362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 265px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPu9Fwfr_XXQz09JLsERe6pu_plsAi8R-Uj-pxXxFrxmQ-rYPMDTFxsx0l6XYRoC77fGxSwkUgRsQSA-pnMWrdbl4Fcyc5YGni7Zze-T_5VPWsL6SSjEqgdnwef2hAuCfIt4x-DHxx-A/s400/Shikra_IMG_9305.JPG" border="0" /></a>Deephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08985096625603251485noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607433931340453103.post-9589262756748756812010-09-06T17:10:00.000+02:002010-09-17T18:12:20.079+02:00Grey Heron<p>After a hectic weekend we thought to spend some time with Avions and headed towards a lake near Bidadi. Approach to lake is bit inconvenient; thanks to lot of sand mining activities near the lake but somehow we were able to manage it.<br /><br />Well, as we approached the lake this one perched on a submerged tree top gathered our attention. It actually was on the same tree top for almost an hour givining us ample time to shoot. Figuring out the name of this one took a bit of effort, first we though it should be “Snake Bird” due to its long neck, but looking at other features thought this cannot be a snake bird! Then more google searches, lead us to “Grey Heron”. Our expert Chandu confirmed it later :-)</p><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgAJvhoosYgIuLkP5nJOhPdpIYJU_Prl2dLoDG_HGLJcJxkWutHYlBJVBZ907meNj-w5emnMsQy5gvOa-E2WkwhDMgIvb0DEIOoBQbbw9izJnWLBw80tNJ-Rbgp2yqG8PWXf5Yhxt4aAY/s1600/GREY+HERON_IMG_9027.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513822355155489746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 270px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgAJvhoosYgIuLkP5nJOhPdpIYJU_Prl2dLoDG_HGLJcJxkWutHYlBJVBZ907meNj-w5emnMsQy5gvOa-E2WkwhDMgIvb0DEIOoBQbbw9izJnWLBw80tNJ-Rbgp2yqG8PWXf5Yhxt4aAY/s400/GREY+HERON_IMG_9027.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It was quitely waiting for prey! without bothering the world around.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGm64PXs8zxDg_lSk_HRamRjdUIkGqRKkMzvqwfhVolyrWixXEQdPtLUl_qhtGnGIxThpC0w-itzm6M8waZRT2WuN_5mwBVnOtsbkxk19bNp54bLoDiwG5LtYzwp7jJGM3TtAM-utOok/s1600/GREY+HERON_IMG_9038.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513822355669391618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 265px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGm64PXs8zxDg_lSk_HRamRjdUIkGqRKkMzvqwfhVolyrWixXEQdPtLUl_qhtGnGIxThpC0w-itzm6M8waZRT2WuN_5mwBVnOtsbkxk19bNp54bLoDiwG5LtYzwp7jJGM3TtAM-utOok/s400/GREY+HERON_IMG_9038.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It might have seen us approaching, it was a face off :-) I really liked the pattern on the neck.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2r9rMp3jw5DqxmzcMFakfRN7cI2sZ4aF-_h7neIt3XXEwmS48q1_Oubw5EYVeOrN0A0dT63LH-djKyN09TaU5CyeTorvOeV0jrgc-34CnBAn0HjEFd3tEVK-Qo9jjtKHlEOKJvYFsrAs/s1600/GREY+HERON_IMG_9047.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513822359734335106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 285px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2r9rMp3jw5DqxmzcMFakfRN7cI2sZ4aF-_h7neIt3XXEwmS48q1_Oubw5EYVeOrN0A0dT63LH-djKyN09TaU5CyeTorvOeV0jrgc-34CnBAn0HjEFd3tEVK-Qo9jjtKHlEOKJvYFsrAs/s400/GREY+HERON_IMG_9047.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It might have spotted something right down there!<br /><br /><br /><p>ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ : ಬೂದು ಬಕ </p>Deephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08985096625603251485noreply@blogger.com2