Indian Robins, i must say are the first avions that invoked serious interest in bird watching in me. They made a nest on our terrace last year and hatched 3 little babies, the development of which we followed regularly, being careful not to disturb them. They did come back to the same nest, revamping a bit, this year too!
And then the female spends the rainiy nights on our window grill. I wonder how well it predicts that it's gonna rain in the night. And once it even entered our room and struggled out, but still I'm glad she continues to spend rainiy nights at the same window.
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I just love them for their friendly nature and tolerance towards us even in close proximity!
Waiting for them to come back to the nest again next year...
Oh so finally the robins got you guys into birding! Yeah some birds re-use the nests while some steal nesting material as well. Good documenting of the birdie
ReplyDeletehello pleased to read about INDIAN ROBINS.THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF ROBINS .ORIENTAL MAGPIE ROBIN AND INDIAN BLUE ROBIN.IN YOUR BLOG POST IT IS ORIENTAL MAGPIE ROBIN [COPSYCBUS SAULARIS..20 CM] MALE:GLOSSY BLUE-BLACK AND WHITE;WHITE WING- PATCH AND WHITE IN OUTER TAIL DISTINCTIVE,GLOSSY BLUE -BLACK THROAT ,BREST, WHITE BELOW. FEMALE:RICH SLATY GREY, WHERE MALE IS BLACK. REMARKABLE SONGSTER, VERY RICH VOICE..FOOD INSECTS,BERRIES,FLOWER - NECTAR. GOOD SINGING BIRD WITH VARYING NOTE. HABITANT:FORESTS,PARKS,TOWNS.. .NEXT TIME IF YOU FIND OBSERVE THE FEATURES. THANK YOU BYE BYE!!!
ReplyDeleteI am afraid they are just Indian robins. Oriental Magpie robins are much bigger in size and just black and white. Indian robin has the distinctive orange vent that differentiates them from pied bush chat and the tail up-stance
ReplyDeletedear chandru i am pleased to read your comment on indian robin . please note indian robin [16 c.m.]male:dark - brown above,white wing patch glossy blue black below chestnut vent,under tail . female:lacks white in wings,duller grey-brown below. please observe the picture in the blog now and verify your comment. thanks.
ReplyDeleteSir,
ReplyDeleteSorry to differ from you, but here are my observations -
1. I could not see a white below the neck in any of the pics that differentiates oriental magpie robins from indian robins
2. The vent of the male in one of the pics clearly shows the chest-nut color
3. The male and female of Oriental magpie robins looks almost smiliar whereas in Indian robins the female is dull brown and male is black predominantly like it was in the pics on the blog