Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Birds of Mount Abu August 2020 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

 Birds in the first week of August 2020. Mt Abu

Blyth's Reed Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler  
(Passage migrant )


The month of July had its shares of overcast skies. Had a few showers at intervals but not much rain, only 6 inches. The first 2 weeks of August have been dull with overcast skies and misty conditions. There were quite a few heavy showers the much need rainfall to fill our reservoirs and our lake. Hopefully, by the end of the month, we receive this much-needed quota to tide us over till our next monsoon. I recorded our local bird and was lucky to record the: “Osprey” a rare visitor to our part of the world. This is a lifer for me and probably the first recorded observation of Mount Abu. I recorded another species, also a LIFER for me, the “Paddyfield Warbler” the first record for this species in Mount Abu. Other birds recorded by me in the first 2 weeks of August are Indian Yellow Tit, Pied Cuckoo, Green Avadavat, Spot-breasted Fantail, Brahminy Starling, White-breasted Waterhen, Indian Robin, Indian Silverbill, Common Hawk Cuckoo, Oriental Magpie Robin, Red-vented Bulbul, Sykes’s Warbler and Blyth’s Reed Warbler.


1 Aug 2020.

Blyth's Reed Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler 

Brown Rock Chat
Brown Rock Chat

House Sparrow
House Sparrow   

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit   

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit  

Large-billed Crow
Large-billed Crow  

Large-billed Crow
Large-billed Crow  

Large-billed Crow
Large-billed Crow  


Oriental Magpie-Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin 

Osprey
Osprey  

Red-rumped Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow   

Red-rumped Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow

White-throated Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher  


2 Aug 2020

Indian Robin
Indian Robin  

Oriental Magpie-Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin 

Osprey
Osprey  

White-breasted Waterhen
White-breasted Waterhen   

3 Aug 2020.

Blyth's Reed Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler

Blyth's Reed Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler

Brown Rock Chat
Brown Rock Chat  

Brown Rock Chat
Brown Rock Chat  

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit   

Oriental Magpie-Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin   

Osprey
Osprey   
Osprey
Osprey  


Scaly-breasted Munia
Scaly-breasted Munia   

Spot-breasted Fantail
Spot-breasted Fantail  

4 Aug 2020.

Blyth's Reed Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler  

Blyth's Reed Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler  

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit   
Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit   

Large-billed Crow
Large-billed Crow  

Osprey
Osprey   

Red-rumped Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow   

Rose-ringed Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet   

White-throated Kingfisher  - regurgitating
White-throated Kingfisher  - regurgitating

White-throated Kingfisher  and Brahminy Starling
White-throated Kingfisher  and Brahminy Starling

5 Aug 2020.

Brown Rock Chat
Brown Rock Chat 

Common Tailorbird  - juvenile
Common Tailorbird  - juvenile

Common Tailorbird  - juvenile
Common Tailorbird  - juvenile


Pied Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo   
Pied Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo   

Pied Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo  

Spot-breasted Fantail
Spot-breasted Fantail  

6 Aug 2020.
Osprey
Osprey   

Osprey


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