Thursday, January 16, 2020

Birds of Mount Abu Birds January 2020. mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Birding in January 2020. 

I have put together a small selection of birds I photographed in the second week of January 2020. Appreciate the selection if anyone has any suggestions please do comment below.

8 January 2020.

Birding in the second week of January 2020.

Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach

Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach - regurgitating  

Large-billed Crow - Corvus macrorhynchos

Rock Pigeon
Rock Pigeon - Columba livia 

Rock Pigeon
Rock Pigeon - Columba livia 

Rock Pigeon
Rock Pigeon - Columba livia 

9 January 2020.

Ashy Drongo
Ashy Drongo - Dicrurus leucophaeus

Ashy Prinia
Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis 

Black Redstart
Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros

Brahminy Starling
Brahminy Starling - Sturnia pagodarum

Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus

Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus

Gray Wagtai
Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea

Greenish Warbler
Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides

Indian Pond-Heron
Indian Pond-Heron - Ardeola grayii 

Large-billed Crow
Large-billed Crow - Corvus macrorhynchos 

Long-legged Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus

Long-legged Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus

Purple Sunbird
Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus

Yellow-throated Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow - Gymnoris xanthocollis 

10 January 2020.
Little Egret
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta 

Little Egret
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta 

11 January 2020.

Black Redstart
Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros

Brahminy Starling
Brahminy Starling - Sturnia pagodarum

Common Chiffchaff
Common Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita

Dusky Crag-Martin
Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor  

Dusky Crag-Martin
Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor  

Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus 

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus 

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus 

12 January 2020.

Long-legged Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus 

Long-legged Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus 

Long-legged Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus 

13 January 2020.

Rose-ringed Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri 

Spot-breasted Fantail
Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

Spot-breasted Fantail
Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

Taiga Flycatche
Taiga Flycatcher - Ficedula albicilla 

14 January 2020.

Brown-headed Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet - Psilopogon zeylanicus

Brown-headed Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet - Psilopogon zeylanicus

Little Egret
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta

Long-legged Buzzard -   Mobbed by Large-billed Crow
Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus -   Mobbed by Large-billed Crow 

Long-legged Buzzard -   Mobbed by Large-billed Crow
Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus -   Mobbed by Large-billed Crow 

Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus -   Mobbed by Large-billed Crow 

Long-legged Buzzard -   Mobbed by Large-billed Crow
Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus -   Mobbed by Large-billed Crow 

Long-legged Buzzard -   Mobbed by Large-billed Crow
Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus -   Mobbed by Large-billed Crow 

Long-legged Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus 

Shikra
Shikra - Accipiter badius

Shikra
Shikra - Accipiter badius



Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Happy New Year 2020 From Mount Abu mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Birds Mount Abu in January 2020.

Once again, I wish all my viewers A Very Happy and Stress-free New Year 2020. Winter has set in and the climate is awesome with night temperatures hovering around zero and day temperatures. hovering below 18 degrees. Gosh, the first week of January has flown looking forward to capturing as many of our winter migrants that have made their way here. Appreciate the small collection of birds I have taken in the first week of Jan.

Birds in the 1 week of January 2020.

Long-legged Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus

I have compiled a short slide show of a buzzard being mobbed by a Jungle Crow.
View In Full mode to Appreciate the slides.


Long-legged Buzzard mobbed by Large-billed Crow

Ashy Prinia
Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis 

Ashy Prinia
Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis 

Black Redstart
Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros

Black Redstart
Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros

Black Redstart
Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros

Black Redstart
Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros

Brahminy Starling
Brahminy Starling - Sturnia pagodarum 

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo

Common Chiffchaff
Common Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita 

Common Tailorbird
Common Tailorbird - Orthotomus sutorius

Common Tailorbird
Common Tailorbird - Orthotomus sutorius

Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus 

Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus 

Indian Pond-Heron - Ardeola grayii

Indian Pond-Heron
Indian Pond-Heron - Ardeola grayii

Indian Robin
Indian Robin - Copsychus fulicatus 

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

Little Egret
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta 

Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach 

Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach 

Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach 

Rose-ringed Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri 

Shikra
Shikra - Accipiter badius

Shikra
Shikra - Accipiter badius

Shikra - Accipiter badius

Shikra
Shikra - Accipiter badius The perfect flip

Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Sulphur-bellied Warbler - Phylloscopus griseolus   

Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Sulphur-bellied Warbler - Phylloscopus griseolus   

Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Sulphur-bellied Warbler - Phylloscopus griseolus   

Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Sulphur-bellied Warbler - Phylloscopus griseolus   


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