An account of birding around Malavalli, Shimsha and Doddamakali in June. Comments are welcome.
As we ventured out during the night, lucky to spot some nocturnal birds.
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.
Thank you Balu-ji for the pics.
And finally these raptors, not sure of the IDs of these two and these were the best pics available.
Deepak and Sumana.
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| Before we even headed for forests, at a temple on the outskirts of Malavalli this Indian Grey Hornbill was the starter. |
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| White Naped Woodpecker , very shy bird. Sum was lucky to observe this and capture from a very close range |
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| Black Eagle, a lifer for us; en route Shimsha we were able to spot a couple of them from close quarters |
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| White Bellied Drongo with its prey |
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| White Bellied Drongo |
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| Acrobatics of this Purple rumped Sun bird was a pleasure to watch |
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| Black headed Munia |
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| Tickells Blue Flycatcher |
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| Wire Tailed swallow on a wire :-) |
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| Three out of seven sisters - Jungle Babbler |
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| Asian Koel - Male |
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| Hoopoe |
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| Scaly Breasted Munia |
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| Tickells Blue FlyCatcher |
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| Indian Night Jar |
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| Stone Curlew |
And finally these raptors, not sure of the IDs of these two and these were the best pics available.
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| This was sharing the space with Black eagle, both fought for a while and this one disappeared behind the mountains OHB. (Thanks Santosh , Deepa) |
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| Shot a bit earlier during the day- Juvenile Brahminy Kite (Thanks Satosh, Deepa) |
