Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Photo Galleries Birds around the house 1 March to the 15 March 2014. mountabubirds.blogspot.com


The Call of the Wild cannot be ignored.

Oh how I long to be deep inside the forest, the beast within my being craves to get out and be pacified, well I'll just have to resign myself to the Christian way of thinking “be happy with the little mercies strewn your way” not everyone gets the luxury to sit out in the open sky and enjoy the birds and bees that fly around your Abode. I know it will be some time before I can go into the forest I love, but I'll get there sometime in the near future. Till then, enjoy the photos of the bird that comes my way.

Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis stewarti  

Brahminy Starling Sturnus pagodarum   
I'm all set for the summer


Brahminy Starling Sturnus pagodarum   



Brahminy Starling Sturnus pagodarum   
The tower of Babel


Brown Rock-chat Cercomela fusca   - Adult

Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 

Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 


Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 


Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus


Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius guzuratus


Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus percnopterus   - Minni Nakki
( In the early sixties till late seventies very common they nested behind St, Marys School. Then they disappeared I recorded a solitary pair in 2005 and then again in 2009 a single bird. This year have recorded one in Torna and the other at Minni Nakki)

Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus percnopterus   - Minni Nakki


Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis orientalis 


Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea


Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea  



Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea  



House Sparrow Passer domesticus indicus   - Female


House Sparrow Passer domesticus indicus   - Female bathing
Gosh the water was cold


House Sparrow Passer domesticus indicus   - Female bathing
Got to Please Her

House Sparrow Passer domesticus indicus   - Male
Remember 20March is Sparrow Day

Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii 

Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus 

Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus


Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus cambaiensis   - Female


Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus cambaiensis   - Female


Jungle Babbler Turdoides striata   - With Prey

Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos 


Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 

Little Heron Butorides striata javanica


Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis erimelas   - Male

Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus palpebrosus  

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 
(Peregrine Falcon Or the Shaheen Falcon uncommon /rare. First recorded by Butler 10th April 1875. One individual was observed on 22/ix/2002 near Gau Mukh Mt.Abu. I have observed a pair in Torna)


Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 


Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus asiaticus   - Male in breeding 

Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus asiaticus   - Male in breeding 

Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus   - Eclipse 

Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus   - Male in Breeding Plumage


Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus   - Male in Breeding Plumage



Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus   - Male in Breeding Plumage



Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus   - Male in Breeding Plumage

Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer bengalensis   



Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer bengalensis   

Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus 

White Wagtail Motacilla alba personal   - Adult male in breeding 


White Wagtail Motacilla alba personata   - Adult male in breeding 

White-capped Bunting Emberiza stewarti   - Adult 
(Winter visitor. Uncommon. Five birds were seen at Salgaon on 20/01/2002 and three were seen in the Sanctuary on 21?01/2002. Not recorded by Butler(1875). Indian Vol.2 (March-April 2006) This bird photographed in Achalgarh Area on the 5th March 2014.

White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
( Recorded a pair in Torna 14 March 14. Uncommon I have no idea if anyone has recorded this bird in Abu Previously This is the first time that I have observed this species in all my years of birding in Mount Abu)

White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis 


White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis


White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis  


White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis   - Adult  


White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis   - Adult  




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