Sunday, September 13, 2020

Birding in [ September 2020 ]Mount Abu mountabubirds.blogspot.com

 Raptors, Buzzards, Harriers and warblers are the birds to photograph in September.

The second week of September has ended. Birding during this period has been low-key for me because of the overcast skies and the heavy spells of rain. Appreciate The collection of snaps and slideshows I've put together. 

8 Sept 2020.

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher   
Bird of the day.resident 


Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

Blyth's Reed Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler 


Blyth's Reed Warbler  Slideshow 

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

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit   

Oriental Magpie-Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin   

9 Sept 2020.

Jungle Babbler
Jungle Babbler  


Oriental Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard 
The number of these birds has increased. 


10 Sept 2020.

Ashy Prinia
Ashy Prinia  

Ashy Prinia
Ashy Prinia  

Gray Wagtail
Gray Wagtail  
Retreating monsoons and winter visitor. Seen their numbers increase yearly.

Gray Wagtail   Motacilla cinerea
Gray Wagtail  

House Swift
House Swift 
I could be mistaken for this bird's ID. 

House Swift
House Swift 



Indian Silverbill
Indian Silverbill  

Jungle Babbler
Jungle Babbler   

Oriental Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard  


Oriental Honey-buzzard
Red-rumped Swallow  


Red-rumped Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow   Cecropis daurica 

11 Sept 2020.

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit  
Bird  of the day

Laughing Dove  basking
Laughing Dove   basking


Red-rumped Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow   

13 Sept 2020.

Laughing Dove
Laughing Dove  
Bird of the day 

Common Tailorbird
Common Tailorbird  


Indian Robin
Indian Robin   


Indian Robin
Indian Robin  


Indian Silverbill
Indian Silverbill  


Red-rumped Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow  

14 Sept 2020.

Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker



Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker 



Yellow-crowned Woodpecker  Sept 2020 Mount Abu




Brown Rock Chat
Brown Rock Chat 


Purple Sunbird

Ashy Prinia
Ashy Prinia   



Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen)


Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen)


Long-tailed Shrike

Indian Yellow Tit

Indian Yellow Tit




White-breasted Waterhen
White-breasted Waterhen  

Saturday, September 12, 2020

Birding in [ September 2020 ]Mount Abu mountabubirds.blogspot.com

 Raptors, Buzzards, Harriers and warblers are the birds to photograph in September.

Click on any photograph to see the expanded view. Happy viewing.

Black-rumped Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback  
Photo of the day 


The first of our rare birds are spotted and documented during this month. The migrants have arrived I have already photographed a few weavers such as the Sykes’s Warbler, Clamorous Reed Warbler and Hume’s Warbler. The first of my Harriers the Montagu’s Harrier I photographed on the 5 Sept 2020. 
The first week was a cat-and-mouse game with the weather. We had heavy to very heavy rainfall with overcast skies to contend with during this week. Whenever a small window of opportunity offered itself, I did my daily spot of birding. Appreciate my birding photographs and documenting the birds of Mount Abu.

1 Sept 2020.

Black-rumped Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback

Brahminy Starling
Brahminy Starling   

Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike 

The Shrike takes a vacation by the last week of May and the returns 
in September.

Rose-ringed Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet   

2 Sept 2020.

Clamorous Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Bird of the day 

Clamorous Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler

Brown-headed Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet   


Brown-headed Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet   



Green Avadavat
Green Avadavat  


House Sparrow
House Sparrow   

Indian White-eye
Indian White-eye   

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit


Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul 




4 Sept 2020.

Pied Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo   
Bird of the day


Pied Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo  


Bonelli's Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle   

Bonelli's Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle   


5 Sept 2020.

Montagu's Harrier 	 Circus pygargus
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
The recording of this Harrier is a lifer for me. I have no idea if someone recorded previously this bird in Mount Abu. The only Harrier recorded was the Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus.

Montagu's Harrier 	 Circus pygargus
Montagu's Harrier   Circus pygargus
Montagu's Harrier 	 Circus pygargus
Montagu's Harrier 


6 Sept 2020.

Gray Wagtail
Gray Wagtail  

Bird of the day one of our early migrants.

Brown-headed Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet   


Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul   

Shikra
Shikra   



7 Sept 2020.



Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen)
Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen)
The bird of the day returned after a very long absence 




Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen) Sept 2020

Brown Rock Chat
Brown Rock Chat  

Brown Rock Chat
Brown Rock Chat  

Brown Rock Chat
Brown Rock Chat  


Laughing Dove
Laughing Dove  

Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike  

Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike  


Oriental Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard  

Oriental Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard  

Oriental Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard 

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher   

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