Thursday, July 20, 2017

Photo Galleries Birds of Mount Abu December 2016. mountabubirds.blogspot.com

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 

Black Stork Ciconia nigra   - Adult in flight from below 

Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius pandoo 

Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius pandoo 

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 Buzzard Buteo buteo   - In flight from below


Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 

Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius guzuratus 

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

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

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   - In flight

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

Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri   - Male


Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda vagabunda   - Adult 

Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda vagabunda   - Adult 

Shikra Accipiter badius   -  in flight from below

Shikra Accipiter badius   -  in flight from below

White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens 

White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens

White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa   -  in flight

White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa   -  in flight

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 

Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense hypoleucum





Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Photo Galleries Birds of Mount Abu [ November 2016 ]. mountabubirds.blogspot.com

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.

A congress of long-billed crows
Large-billed Crow - Corvus macrorhynchos
A congress of long-billed crows 

Black Redstart -winter visitor common
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros   - Male

Indian Yellow Tit - resident

Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus



Blue Rock-Thrush - winter visitor

Blue Rock-Thrush - Monticola solitarius is not uncommon 


Yellow-throated Sparrow - resident
Yellow-throated Sparrow - Gymnoris xanthocollis

Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo  

Common Buzzard winter visitor
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo  

Common Chiffchaff winter visitor common
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita winter visitor common 

Common Chiffchaff
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 


Common Tailorbird resident
Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius guzuratus 

Greater Coucal resident
Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis sinensis


Green Bee-eater resident?
Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis ferrugeiceps

Greenish Warbler winter /passage migrant
Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides winter/passage migrant common


Grey Wagtail Motacilla winter visitor
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea cinerea winter visitor


Grey Wagtail
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea cinerea 


Hume's Leaf Warbler winter visitor
Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei  


Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus
Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus

Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus
Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus


ndian Silverbill resident. common
ndian Silverbill Euodice malabarica resident common
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Jungle Babbler - dispute
Jungle Babbler Turdoides striata sindiana - dispute

Lesser Whitethroat winter visitor
Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 


Long-legged Buzzard winter visitor
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus rufinus winter visitor

Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach
Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach

Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach

Oriental Magpie Robin resident
Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis andamanensis

Shaheen Falcon - resident not so common
Shaheen Falcon - Falco peregrinus peregrinator  

Shaheen Falcon
Shaheen Falcon - Falco peregrinus peregrinator  


Shaheen Falcon
Shaheen Falcon - Falco peregrinus peregrinator  


Purple Sunbird resident
Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus asiaticus  


Purple Sunbird
Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus asiaticus  

Red-wattled Lapwing resident
Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus indicus 


Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta
Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda vagabunda  


Rufous Treepie
Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda vagabunda  

Shikra resident
Shikra Accipiter badius 


Shikra
Shikra Accipiter badius 


Steppe Eagle  winter visitor
Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis winter visitor

White-eyed Buzzard
White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa 

White-eyed Buzzard
White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa 


White-eyed Buzzard   - being mobbed by Jungle Crow
White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa   - being mobbed by Jungle Crow

White-eyed Buzzard
White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa   

White-spotted Fantail-Flycatcher Resident. Common.
White-spotted Fantail-Flycatcher Rhipidura albogularis: Resident. Common. 


White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis  

White-throated Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis  

Yellow-eyed Babbler
Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense hypoleucum


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