Birds of Mount Abu FEBRUARY 2019 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Birding in the First week of February 2019 

This year I did not go to Gujarat, to do birding. Gujarat is a great place to cover winter migrants. Birders should visit these places in Gujarat at least once 

Thol Lake Sanctuary, Click,

Pareij wetlands, Click

 Blackbuck National Park Velavadar, Click

I've put together a collection of Local birds and our winter visitors photographed during the month of February 2019. Hope you take pleasure in watching them as much as the pleasure I've had to photograph them.

2 February 2019.

Black stork - Ciconia  nigra

Black stork - Ciconia  nigra

Black stork - Ciconia  nigra

Black stork - Ciconia  nigra

The Black Stork, all black except for its white belly and armpits, be endowed with a red bill and red legs. It's a huge bird with a wingspan of almost 1.8 m. It's a winter visitor here in Mount Abu. Not a commonly seen species in this part of the world. Over the last few years, I have observed their numbers go up.

3 February 2019

The Common Buzzard Status in Mount Abu is UNCOMMON. This species is considered a vagrant in our area. On 3 Feb 2019, a regular buzzard in this area came a scanning for his daily prey. Here are the snaps that I photographed on this day.

Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

Common Buzzard Buteo buteo- Taking off

Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

4 February 2109.

Had gone to our local duck pond to cover some of the migratory ducks that visit this part of the world

I have put together a slide show of the day's events. 

Migratory Birds Mount Abu

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The birds photographed on the 4 Feb 2019 are:

1. Common Pochard
2. Common Teal
3. Eurasian Coot
4. Gadwall
5. Northern Pintail
6. Northern Shoveler
7. Green Sandpiper
8. Black-winged Stilt
9. Long Legged Buzzard
10. Black-winged Kite.

Keep in touch will be posting the other birds photographed in February.