Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Birding last two days of the Pandemic year 2020.

IT'S TWEET-TWEET 🎡🎢🎡🎢 "HAPPY NEW YEAR"
FROM MOUNT ABU RAJ.

29 Dec 2020.

ONE day to the year 2021.
IT'S TWEET-TWEET 🎡🎢🎡🎢 "HAPPY NEW YEAR"
FROM MOUNT ABU RAJ.

Visited my favourite birding spot the "Duck Pond" Appreciate our winter visitors.


Bluethroat
Bluethroat -  Luscinia svecica

Bluethroat
Bluethroat -  Luscinia svecica

Bluethroat
Bluethroat -  Luscinia svecica

Black Redstart
Black Redstart   Phoenicurus ochruros

Common Pochard
Common Pochard   Aythya ferina 

Eurasian Crag-Martin
Eurasian Crag-Martin  Ptyonoprogne rupestris

Eurasian Crag-Martin
Eurasian Crag-Martin  Ptyonoprogne rupestris

Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen  Gallinula chloropus 

Gadwall
Gadwall  Mareca strepera

Gadwall
Gadwall  Mareca strepera

Gadwall
Gadwall  Mareca strepera

Gadwall
Gadwall  Mareca strepera

Little Grebe
Little Grebe   Tachybaptus ruficollis 

Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach 

Northern Pintail
Northern Pintail - Anas acuta

White-browed Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail  Motacilla maderaspatensis 

White-browed Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail  Motacilla maderaspatensis 

Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Sulphur-bellied Warbler   Phylloscopus griseolus

White-bellied Drongo
White-bellied Drongo  Dicrurus caerulescens 

White-bellied Drongo
White-bellied Drongo  Dicrurus caerulescens 

White-bellied Drongo
White-bellied Drongo  Dicrurus caerulescens 

Yellow-throated Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow   Gymnoris xanthocollis

Yellow-throated Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow   Gymnoris xanthocollis

Yellow-throated Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow   Gymnoris xanthocollis

30 Dec 2020.

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo 

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo 

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo 


Indian Robin
Indian Robin   Copsychus fulicatus

Intermediate Egret
Intermediate Egret  Ardea intermedia

Lesser Whitethroat
Lesser Whitethroat  Sylvia curruca

Red-breasted Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher   Ficedula parva 

Spot-breasted Fantail
Spot-breasted Fantail  Rhipidura albogularis

31 Dec 2020.

Before I post my photographs taken today, let me wish all you viewers 

"HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM MOUNT ABU"

May 2021 be as cheerful as the birds greeting the new morn.

Stay Safe.


Ashy Prinia
Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis 

Hume's Warbler
Hume's Warbler   Phylloscopus humei 

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit   Machlolophus aplonotus

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit   Machlolophus aplonotus

Yellow-throated Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow   Gymnoris xanthocollis

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo











Friday, December 25, 2020

Birding in the last week of the year 2020.Mount Abu

 Last week of the year 2020. 

Will do my daily birding for a short period every day in the last week of the year 2020. Christmas this year in the pandemic has restricted movement, so am content birding from home. #ATHOME is the new norm for humanity at the present time. So appreciate my bird snaps at ATHOME.

25 Dec 2020,

"MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL FROM MOUNT ABU"


"Common Buzzard, perched atop a rock."
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo

"Common Buzzard, searching for prey."
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo

"Common Buzzard, winter visitor perched atop a tree."
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo

"Common Buzzard, picture collage."
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo

"Black-winged Kite, local migrant flying above"
Black-winged Kite   Elanus caeruleus

"Black-winged Kite, local migrant flying above"
Black-winged Kite   Elanus caeruleus

"Black-winged Kite, local migrant mobbing a shikra."
Black-winged Kite   Elanus caeruleus

"Eurasian Sparrowhawk, scanning for prey from above."
Eurasian Sparrowhawk   Accipiter nisus

"Hume's Warbler, winter visitor perched on a wire."
Hume's Warbler   Phylloscopus humei

"Hume's Warbler, winter visitor perched on a wire."
Hume's Warbler   Phylloscopus humei

"Indian Yellow Tit, resident perched on a wire."
Indian Yellow Tit   Machlolophus aplonotus

Keep watching will post daily 

26 Dec 2020.
"Common Myna, resident sitting on a branch."
Common Myna   Acridotheres tristis

"Long-tailed Shrike, perched on a wire."
Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach

"Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon, resident a flock flying past."
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon  Treron phoenicopterus 

"Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon, resident a flock flying past."
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon  Treron phoenicopterus 

27 Dec 2020.

"Black Stork   Ciconia nigra RARE winter visitor, flying above."
Black Stork   Ciconia nigra
RARE winter visitor.

"Black Stork   Ciconia nigra RARE winter visitor, flying above."
Black Stork   Ciconia nigra

"Black Stork   Ciconia nigra RARE winter visitor, flying above."
Black Stork   Ciconia nigra

Black-winged Kite
Black-winged Kite   Elanus caeruleus

Black-winged Kite
Black-winged Kite   Elanus caeruleus

"Common Buzzard, WINTER VISITOR, perched on a cable on a tower."
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo 

"Common Buzzard, sitting on a rock, looking for prey."
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo 

"Indian Robin, resident sitting on a cable."
Indian Robin   Copsychus fulicatus

28 Dec 2020,

"Greenish Warbler, winter visitor, perched on a branch,"
Greenish Warbler   Phylloscopus trochiloides

"Indian Yellow Tit, resident regular visitor to my garden."
Indian Yellow Tit   Machlolophus aplonotus

"Indian Yellow Tit, resident regular visitor to my garden."
Indian Yellow Tit   Machlolophus aplonotus

"Indian Yellow Tit, resident regular visitor to my garden."
Indian Yellow Tit   Machlolophus aplonotus

"Indian Yellow Tit, resident regular visitor to my garden."
Indian Yellow Tit   Machlolophus aplonotus

"Red-breasted Flycatcher, winter visitor, common, perched on a branch."
Red-breasted Flycatcher   Ficedula parva

"Red-breasted Flycatcher, winter visitor, common, perched on a branch."
Red-breasted Flycatcher   Ficedula parva

"Spot-breasted Fantail, resident common, perched on a wire."
Spot-breasted Fantail  Rhipidura albogularis




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