Photo Gallery Birds of Ahmedabad Sterling city Bopal mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Birds from the concrete jungle of Ahmedabad.

While dust storms caused trouble in Northern India, I was enduring the heat in Ahmedabad at my brother-in-law's place in Bopal. While I was there I did record a number of birds over a period of three weeks. Appreciate the snaps and the variety I managed to snap while there.

Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus   - Male

Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus  - Female

Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans  - in flight 

Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus a pair  

Black Ibis Pseudibis papillosa   - Adult in flight 

Black Kite Milvus migrans   - Adult in flight from below

Black Kite Milvus migrans   - Adult in flight from below

Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis  - in flight 

Common Babbler Turdoides caudata caudata   

Common Babbler Turdoides caudata caudata   

Common Iora -  Aegithina tipi 

Common Iora -  Aegithina tipi 

Common Myna - Acridotheres tristis - in flight 

Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto decaocto   - Courtship

Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus   - Adult in flight 

Green bee-eater - Merops orientalis 

House sparrow - Passer domesticus - male (Rarely seen)

Indian Golden Oriole -  Oriolus kundoo

Indian Golden Oriole -  Oriolus kundoo

Indian jungle crow - Corvus culminatusI 

Indian jungle crow - Corvus culminatusI 

Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus   - Male 

Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus   - Male 

Indian Robin - Saxicoloides fulicatus  - female 

Indian Robin - Saxicoloides fulicatus  - male 

Indian Silverbill or White-throated Munia - Lonchura malabarica 

Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis cambayensis 

Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis - Male

Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis - female 

Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus  - female 

Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus asiaticus   - Male   

Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer humayuni  

Rufous treepie -   Dendrocitta vagabunda

Shikra Accipiter badius

Shikra Accipiter badius

Shikra Accipiter badius

Thick-billed Flowerpecker - Dicaeum agile  

White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis   - In-flight