Mount Abu Birds from July 2016 to Dec 2016.
It's been ages since I last posted photographs on Mt. Abu my hometown. Hopefully this year I'll be in a better frame of mind and post regularly.
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba - In flight from below
29 Sept 2016 Mount Abu Raj.
Today I observed an unusual flock of what appeared to be Alpine swifts. There were probably 8 to 10 of them making sorties over my house. I wonder if they will stay the winter out here and are just passing migrants. Even though they were at a great height, I got some pretty decent snaps of them.
Butler (1875) noted the large presence of this species in early September, but they have reported no sightings since.
Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis stewarti
Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus - Female
Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus - Male
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros - Male
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros - Male with prey.
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros - Male
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros - Male
Black Stork Ciconia nigra - Adult in flight from below
Black Stork: Not recorded by Butler (1876). Apparently, someone noted one juvenile Black Stork catching fish from a drying Bander Mayer Lake Mount Abu on 14.March.2003. I had a chance to record several sightings of these birds on 30 Jan 2015. Then Again 4 March 2015. This year I first recorded 3 of them on 23 Nov 2016. Today I recorded two of them.
Black-lored Tit Parus xanthogenys
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius pandoo
Man of man... I’ve been fortunate to capture this species for the second time this season. Very rare bird to see in this part of the world.
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius pandoo
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius pandoo
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius pandoo
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius pandoo
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata fasciata - Adult in flight from below
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata fasciata - Adult in flight from below
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus - In flight
Brown Rock-chat Cercomela fusca
Brown-headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica
Chestnut-shouldered Petronia Gymnoris xanthocollis
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo - In flight from below
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo - In flight from below
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo - In flight from below
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo - In flight from below
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius guzuratus
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus - In flight from below
Winter visitor. One bird was observed soaring near Peace Park on 6. xii.2002. Butler (1875) observed that it was “not common”.
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus - In flight from below
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus - In flight from below
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus - In flight from below
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus - In flight from below
Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis sinensis - Adult
Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis sinensis - Adult
Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis sinensis - Adult
Green Avadavat Amandava formosa - Adult
Green Avadavat Amandava formosa - Adult
Green Avadavat Amandava formosa - Adult Pair
Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis ferrugeiceps - Adult in flight from below
Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis ferrugeiceps - Adult in flight from below
Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis ferrugeiceps - With prey
Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis ferrugeiceps - With prey
Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea cinerea
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea cinerea
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea cinerea
Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus - Male
Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica - Courtship
Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica - Group
Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus pica
Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia Curruca
Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus rufinus - In flight from below
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus rufinus - In flight from below
Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach tricolour - Adult with prey
Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis andamanensis - Female
Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis andamanensis - Female
Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis andamanensis - Female
Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis andamanensis - Male
Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus palpebrosus
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus - In flight
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus - In flight
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus - In flight
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus - With prey
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus - With prey
Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus asiaticus
urple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus asiaticus - Male in eclipse plumage
urple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus asiaticus - Female
urple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus asiaticus - Male in eclipse plumage
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva - Female
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva - Female
Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica - In flight from below
Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus indicus
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri - Male
Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda vagabunda - Adult
Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata punctulata - Adult
Shikra Accipiter badius - in flight from below
Shikra Accipiter badius
Shikra Accipiter badius
Shikra Accipiter badius - in flight from below
Shikra Accipiter badius - in flight from below
Shikra Accipiter badius - in flight from below
Shikra Accipiter badius
Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis - In flight from below
Regular visitors to the dump on the way to Oria. Now that the dump has been terminated and shut down, these birds will cease to visit Abu like the vulture and the Egyptian vulture.
Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis - In flight from below
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens caerulescens
White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa - in flight
White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa - in flight
White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis albogularis
White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis albogularis
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis - Adult with prey
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis - Adult with prey
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis - Adult with prey
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis - Adult with prey
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis - Adult with prey
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis - Adult with prey
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense hypoleucum
Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense hypoleucum
Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense hypoleucum
Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense hypoleucum
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