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   

2 comments:

  1. Lovely pictures ...I need to see this damn pied cuckoo ...I always miss the bugger!

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    1. Come to Abu before October they leave by the end of September

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