Thursday, December 12, 2013

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Gir Wildlife Sanctuary

If you are planning a trip to Gir, try to book your permit well in advance or you will probably face the same predicament that we went through. Our driver was at the Sinh Sadan Orientation Centre, at 4.30 am to collect our permit for the 6.30 am trip, but owing to advance booking missed out on it and had to settle for the next safari which leaves at 9.30 am. Lion sighting was no issue for us chaps we were there mainly for birding. We did get to see lions, but our chief aim was to see how many species of birds we may rope in. We did two safaris and as luck should have it the bloody computer generated the same route we had traversed earlier.
If you are planning a trip try and avoid the weekends and peak season festivals as you would probably see more homo sapiens than wild animals.



Appreciate the snaps of birds I have compiled of our two safaris of the forest.


Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus Forest


Black Ibis Pseudibis papillosa   - Mating


Changeable Hawk Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus cirrhatus  


Changeable Hawk Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus cirrhatus  

Common Babbler Turdoides caudata caudata 

Common Buzzard Buteo buteo   - In flight from below 

Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata  Female


Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata  male

Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus  flight


Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus  flight


Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei macei 

Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei macei 


Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus 


Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus 

Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus 


Spotted Owlet Athene brama   - Adult.

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