MOUNT ABU BIRDS MY PERSONAL COLLECTION: July 2017

Birds of Mount Abu December 2016.

In December, I enjoy romping around the jungle paths, but because of my disability, I cannot walk long distances as I used to. I avoid using the scooter since a throw would spell disaster for my situation. I drive out in my car once in a while to photograph the migrating ducks who visit us every winter.

The winter months are ideal for bird-watching on Mount Abu. Enjoy the collection I compiled over the month of

December 2016.

Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis stewarti

Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros - Male

Black Stork Ciconia nigra - Adult in flight from below

Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius pandoo

Brown Rock-chat Cercomela fusca

Brown-headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica

Common Buzzard Buteo buteo - In flight from below

Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius guzuratus

Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus - In flight from below

Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis sinensis - Adult

Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis ferrugeiceps - Adult in flight from below

Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis ferrugeiceps - Adult

Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii hodgsonii - Adult nonbreeding

Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus - In flight from below

Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis andamanensis

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus - In flight

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus - Ready to take off

Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus asiaticus - Male in eclipse plumage

Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica - In flight from below

Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer bengalensis

Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus indicus

Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri - Male

Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda vagabunda - Adult

Shikra Accipiter badius - in flight from below

White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens

White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa - in flight

White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis - Adult with prey

White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis - Adult

Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense hypoleucum

Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary

Home to Green Avadavat Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary has much to offer birders who make it up to the “Abode of Gods”. This is part of the most pleasant times of the year. Greenery all around flowing streams and great weather lift the spirits of those who explore the jungle paths. It's that time of year when migratory birds head this way, including raptors, wild ducks and a few other endemic species. The Pied Cuckoo is journeying back to its content during this period. Enjoy the bird I photographed in November.