MOUNT ABU BIRDS MY PERSONAL COLLECTION: Mount Abu Birds in December 2019.mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Thursday, December 19, 2019

Mount Abu Birds in December 2019.mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Birds of Mount Abu Birds in December 2019.

Abu will soon be bustling with people as Christmas is just 6 days away. Quite a few holidaymakers make it up the hill to enjoy the chill of Abu and enjoy their stay here. Abu is not a popular spot for birders. They prefer other places like Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Ranthambhore National Park, Desert National Park, and Bund Baretha. Back to our birding in the abode of the gods.

18 December 2019.

Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pernis ptilorhynchus

Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros

Eurasian Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne rupestris

Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea

Large-billed Crow - Corvus macrorhynchos

Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach

Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pernis ptilorhynchus

Shikra - Accipiter badius

19 December 2019.

Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros

Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus

Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri

White-eared Bulbul - Pycnonotus leucotis

A RARE visitor to our area recorded this species once before.

White-eared Bulbul - Pycnonotus leucotis

20 December 2019.

Over the last few days, I Recently, noticed that whenever a Eurasian Sparrowhawk appears, the pigeons in the area fly away together in a group towards the predator in an attempt to defend themselves. and able to drive him out of this place. They appear to have developed a defensive strategy of keeping the would-be predator at bay.