Saturday, March 30, 2019

Birds of Mount Abu MARCH 2019 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Birding In March Mount Abu

24 March 2019.
Went to the duck pond to check out how many of our winter visitors were still there. The small water body was rapidly shrinking into a small pond. I had a chance to see a few ducks there and a BIG BONUS awaited me. I got to photograph a pair of Little Ringed Plovers. In all my years of birding at this place and in Abu, this is the first time this season that I got to photograph this species. I don't believe anyone has reported or photographed this species here before. Was hoping that the pair of Spot-billed ducks was still at the pond, but they had left.

Black-winged stilt -  Himantopus himantopus

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

Common Teal - Anas crecca  - Female


Common Teal - Anas crecca  - Male

Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 

Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 


Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius

Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius

Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius

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Northern Shoveler  -Anas clypeata -Female 

Northern Shoveler  -Anas clypeata  - Female

Northern Shoveler  -Anas clypeata - Male

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Red-rumped Swallow - Hirundo daurica

Shikra Accipiter badius   - Juvenile 

Siberian Stonechat - Saxicola maurus

Wood sandpiper  - Tringa glareola 

Wood sandpiper  - Tringa glareola 


Did you see the SMILE on the faces of the winter visitors who in a day or so will be saying Adeu to the Abode of Gods! 







Birds of Mount Abu MARCH 2019 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Birding In March Mount Abu

Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus

Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus, Our winter visitors and passage migrants. This year large flocks (25 to 30 birds)have come to my area to feast on the mulberry trees growing on this side.

21 March 21019.

Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus

Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus

Shikra Accipiter badius 

Shikra Accipiter badius 

22 March 2019.

Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea

Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus

Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus

Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus - Male 

Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus - Male 

Shaheen Falcon - Falco peregrinus peregrinator

Shikra Accipiter badius 

Shikra Accipiter badius 

Shikra Accipiter badius - Pair

"Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis,tail spreaad out."
Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

White-throated Munia - Lonchura malabarica

23 March 2019.
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros   - Female

Common Rosefinch -  Carpodacus erythrinus - Female 

Common Rosefinch -  Carpodacus erythrinus - Female 

Common Rosefinch -  Carpodacus erythrinus - Male 

Common Rosefinch -  Carpodacus erythrinus - Male 

Indian Yellow Tit Parus aplonotus

Indian Yellow Tit Parus aplonotus

Shikra Accipiter badius 

Sulphur-bellied Warbler - Phylloscopus griseolus

Sulphur-bellied Warbler - Phylloscopus griseolus

çRhipidura albogularis

Birds of Mount Abu MARCH 2019 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Birding In March Mount Abu

18 March 2019.

Today witnessed territorial disputes between Bulbuls, robins and chats. Also was intrigued by the attacking Oriental Honey Buzzard on a Black Stork. The Black Eagle is still here.




Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis

Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis

Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis

Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis

Black stork - Ciconia  nigra 

Black stork - Ciconia  nigra 

Black stork - Ciconia  nigra 

Black stork - Ciconia  nigra 

Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus

Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus

Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus

House Sparrow Passer domesticus indicus   - Male with prey 

Jungle Babbler Turdoides striata   - Allopreening 

Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus

Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus

Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis  - Male

Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus - Male

Shikra Accipiter badius   - Adult 

Standoff Territorial dispute Indian Robin and Indian chat

Territorial dispute 


 19 march 2019.
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros   - Female

Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii 

Jungle Crow - Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos intermedius

Little Cormorant - Microcarbo niger

Little Cormorant - Microcarbo niger

Little Egret Egretta garzetta 

Little Egret Egretta garzetta 

Long-legged buzzard - Buteo rufinus  

Long-legged buzzard - Buteo rufinus  

Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus   - in flight

Rock Pigeon - Columba livia 

White-browed Wagtail - Motacilla maderaspatensis


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