Birding in Mount Abu January 2018.
This year I was fortunate to have spent most of my time in Abu whiling away my time basking in the winter sun. I did do a spot of birding as and when it was feasible. I normally go and join my bitter half during the winter months in Gujarat. Birding for migratory birds during winter in Gujarat is a pleasure. This coming winter I intend to explore a few more areas in the land of the Gujjus.
Black Lored tit - Parus xanthogenys
Black stork - Ciconia nigra
( Not a common sight here, Have been recording a few these last 4 years)
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus ( passage migrant )
Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum - Adult
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis coromandus
Chestnut-shouldered Petronia Gymnoris xanthocollis
Chestnut-shouldered Petronia Gymnoris xanthocollis
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo - In flight from below
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo - In flight from below
Common Pochard Aythya ferina
Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius patia
Common Teal Anas crecca crecca
Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela davisoni - Adult
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus - Female in flight
Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii hodgsonii
Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii hodgsonii
Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus cambaiensis - Female
Indian Roller - Coracias benghalensis
Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos colonorum - Adult in flight
Little grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis
Little grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis
Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach bentet
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus - In flight
Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus - In flight
Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus - In flight
Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis saularis - Male
Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis saularis - Female
Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus williamsoni
Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer - Allopreening
Rose-ringed parakeet - Psittacula krameri
Rose-ringed parakeet - Psittacula krameri
Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda vagabunda - Adult
Shaheen Falcon Falco peregrinus peregrinator
Shaheen Falcon Falco peregrinus peregrinator
Shikra Accipiter badius - Female in flight from below
Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis albogularis
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis regurgitating