MOUNT ABU BIRDS MY PERSONAL COLLECTION: August 2019

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Birds of Mount Abu Birds in July 2019 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Birding in July 2019. Mount Abu

From overcast skies, green valleys and dales to Abu’s magnificent jungle trails make a perfect getaway from the scorching summer of the plains. Birding at this time of the year is not as spectacular as in winter but it offers you a fair share of the local birds. Grey jungle fowls, Red spurfowl and Green Avadavat are some birds to include in your collection. Appreciate my collection of photographs taken during July.

1 July 2019.

Brahminy Starling - Sturnia pagodarum

2 July 2019.

Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis - juvenile

4 July 2019.

Green Avadavat - Sporaeginthus formosus

6 July 2019.

Bonelli's Eagle - Aquila fasciata

7 July 2019.

Laughing Dove - Streptopelia senegalensis

Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus

Red-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus indices little - immature

8 July 2019.

Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica

White-breasted Waterhen - Amaurornis phoenicurus

9 July 2019.

Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor

Pond-Heron - Ardeola grayii

10 July 2019.

Little Swift Apus affinis affinis

13 July 2019.

Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

17 July 2019.

Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis

Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus

Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus- Juvenile

Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus

Shaheen Falcon - Falco peregrinus peregrinator

Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

24 July 2019.

Brahminy Starling - Sturnia pagodarum

Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolo

Laughing Dove - Streptopelia senegalensis

Pied Cuckoo - Clamator jacobinus

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Birds of Mount Abu Birds in June 2019 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Birding in June 2019. Mount Abu

28 June 2019.

Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

Red-rumped Swallow - Cecropis daurica

Red-wattled Lapwing. This year, I recorded two batches of Red-wattled Lapwing episodes. The first attempt to raise a brood ended in failure. Click the link to see the coverage.

Red-wattled Lapwing is NO match for the Daman Snake.

The second brood raised by the birds, against all odds, was an exceptional feat to witness. Today, 28 June 2019, I witnessed the three chicks making their maiden flight. I photographed their maiden flight one after another. All three birds achieved adulthood.