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

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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

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

Shikra Accipiter badius

22 March 2019.

Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea

Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus

Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus - Male

Shaheen Falcon - Falco peregrinus peregrinator

Shikra Accipiter badius

Shikra Accipiter badius - Pair

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 - Male

Indian Yellow Tit Parus aplonotus

Shikra Accipiter badius

Sulphur-bellied Warbler - Phylloscopus griseolus

çRhipidura albogularis

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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.