Friday, July 24, 2020

Birds of Mount Abu July 2020 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Birding in July is a relatively quiet month in the year for some birders.


Birding of the year is less spectacular than in winter, but it offers you a fair share of the local birds. The Green Avadavat (Munia) is seen all over Abu this time of the year. I have also seen the Indian silver bill and scaly-breasted Munia in small flocks, it's nesting time for the Indian blackbird, the Indian Paradise flycatcher. The pied cuckoo, the Brain-fever bird (Common hawk Cuckoo)also visits Abu during this period. The species are endemic to this area: Grey jungle fowl, the Red spur fowl and various other birds. Appreciate my collection of photographs taken in July. 


Green Avadavat 	Green Munia
Green Avadavat also is known as the Green Munia

"Brown-headed Barbet, resident common sitting on a branch."
Brown-headed Barbet

"Brown-headed Barbet, calling fromatop a high tension wire"
Brown-headed Barbet 

?Greater Coucal mobbed by Spot-breasted fantail."
Greater Coucal mobbed by Spot-breasted fantail 

Green Avadavat
Green Avadavat 

"Green Avadavat, birders delight aeen all over Abu grazing on raoads and int the field."
Green Avadavat

"Green Avadavat, snapped on raod side."
Green Avadavat

"House Sparrow, female feeding chicks."
House Sparrow   

"Indian Silverbill, resident sitting on a wire."
Indian Silverbill  

"Indian White-eye. looking for cvaterpillars on an amaltash tree."
Indian White-eye 

"Indian Yellow Tit, reesident sitting on a plastic cable"
Indian Yellow Tit 

"Indian Yellow Tit, looking for grub in the garden."
Indian Yellow Tit 

"Indian Yellow Tit, posing on an electric cable."
Indian Yellow Tit

"Large-billed Crow, flying overhead,in quite a battered shape."
Large-billed Crow 

"Large-billed Crow,on a electric pole calling."
Large-billed Crow 

"Oriental Magpie-Robin   - subadult.rsdident of Mount Abu"
Oriental Magpie-Robin   - subadult

"Oriental Magpie-Robin  - subadult, sitting of a fence."
Oriental Magpie-Robin   - subadult

"Oriental Magpie-Robin  - subadult, with its tail up in the air."

Oriental Magpie-Robin - subadult

"Purple Sunbird, female resident on a tree."
Purple Sunbird 

"Purple Sunbird. female with wings spread open."
Purple Sunbird 

"Scaly-breasted Munia, resident, sitting on a tree."
Scaly-breasted Munia -

"Scaly-breasted Munia, sitting on a branch."
Scaly-breasted Munia 


Scaly-breasted Munia
Scaly-breasted Munia -

Scaly-breasted Munia
Scaly-breasted Munia 


"Shikra   - mobbed by babbler, on radio tower."
Shikra   - mobbed by babbler

"Spot-breasted Fantail, sitting on electric cable."
Spot-breasted Fantail

"Spot-breasted Fantail, sitting on electric cable."l
Spot-breasted Fantail  

"Spot-breasted Fantail, sitting on clothes line."
Spot-breasted Fantail  

"White-throated Kingfisher, in flight."
White-throated Kingfisher 

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Birds of Mount Abu June 2020 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Lockdown blues and birding views of

 Mount Abu.

IV week of June 2020

Appreciate the photographs and slide shows I have presented. 



Orange sky at night Mt Abu
Overcast skies and no rain in sight mt Abu.

Black-rumped Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback   

Brown Rock Chat
Brown Rock Chat  

Brown Rock Chat
Brown Rock Chat  

Brown Rock Chat
Brown Rock Chat  

Brown-headed Barbet Mount Abu.m4v

Greater Coucal
Greater Coucal   

Greater Coucal   with prey
Greater Coucal   with prey 

Greater Coucal  with prey
Greater Coucal   with prey 

Indian White-eye
Indian White-eye 

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit   

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit   

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit   

Laughing Dove
Laughing Dove  

Little Swift
Little Swift 


Oriental Magpie-Robin Mt Abu.m4v

Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen)
Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen) 

Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen)
Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen) 

Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen)
Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen) 

Purple Sunbird
Purple Sunbird 

Purple Sunbird
Purple Sunbird  

Purple Sunbird
Purple Sunbird   

Red-vented Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul   

Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul 

Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul 


Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul 


Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul -

Rose-ringed Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet  

Scaly-breasted Munia
Scaly-breasted Munai 

Shikra
Shikra 

Shikra Accipiter badius  Mt Abu.m4v


Spot-breasted Fantail
Spot-breasted Fantail 

Spot-breasted Fantail  Mt Abu.m4v




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